If $a_1 = a_2 = 2$ and $a_n = a_{n-1} - 1$ for $n > 2$,then $a_5$ is

Find the $7^{\text{th}}$ term in the following sequence whose $n^{\text{th}}$ term is $a_{n} = \frac{n^{2}}{2^{n}}$.

The sum of the first ten terms of an $A$.$P$. is $160$ and the sum of the first two terms of a $G$.$P$. is $8$. If the first term of the $A$.$P$. is equal to the common ratio of the $G$.$P$. and the first term of the $G$.$P$. is equal to the common difference of the $A$.$P$.,then the sum of all possible values of the first term of the $G$.$P$. is:

If $9, x, y, z, a$ are in $A.P.$ such that $x + y + z = 15$,and $9, x, y, z, a$ are in $H.P.$ such that $\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z} = \frac{5}{3}$,then the value of $a$ is:

Write the first five terms of the following sequence and obtain the corresponding series:
$a_{1}=3, a_{n}=3a_{n-1}+2$ for all $n > 1$.

The sum $1 \cdot 1^2 - 2 \cdot 3^2 + 3 \cdot 5^2 - 4 \cdot 7^2 + 5 \cdot 9^2 - \ldots + 15 \cdot 29^2$ is $.......$.