What is thevalue of the 201 st term of a sequenceif the first term of ... ...

What is the value of the 201 st term of a sequence if the first term of the sequence is 2 and each successive term is 4 more than the term immediately preceding it?
(A)         798
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Posted: 11/25/2012 11:10
I got to the answer from the other direction:
201 x 4 = 804
804 - 2 = 802
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Posted: 11/26/2012 18:30
Ulsbod, that is one way of doing it. One must be careful to take into account the first number in the sequence.