The process of finding the 20th term of arithmetic sequence 8,5,2, - 1

The process of finding the 20th term of arithmetic sequence 8,5,2, - 1

analysis,
8,5,2,-1,.
The first item is 8 and the tolerance is - 3
an=8+(n-1)(-3)
=11-3n
When n = 20,
∴a20=11-60=-49.