Problem

Is the sequence $a_{n}=5+9 n$ arithmetic?
Your answer is (input yes or no):
If your answer is yes, its first term is and its common difference is

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\(\boxed{\text{Yes, the sequence } a_{n}=5+9 n \text{ is arithmetic. Its first term is } 5 \text{ and its common difference is } 9.}\)

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Step 1 :Consider the sequence \(a_{n}=5+9 n\).

Step 2 :We want to determine if this sequence is arithmetic.

Step 3 :A sequence is arithmetic if it can be written in the form \(a_{n}=a+dn\), where \(a\) is the first term and \(d\) is the common difference.

Step 4 :Here, we can see that the sequence \(a_{n}=5+9 n\) fits this form, with \(a=5\) and \(d=9\).

Step 5 :Let's generate the first 10 terms of the sequence to confirm this: [5, 14, 23, 32, 41, 50, 59, 68, 77, 86].

Step 6 :Indeed, each term is 9 greater than the previous term, confirming that the sequence is arithmetic.

Step 7 :\(\boxed{\text{Yes, the sequence } a_{n}=5+9 n \text{ is arithmetic. Its first term is } 5 \text{ and its common difference is } 9.}\)

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