How many terms of the arithmetic sequence 88, 85, 82, . . . appear before the number 19 appears?
19 ==88 + (-3 * N)
19 - 88 == - 3N
- 69 == - 3N
N ==- 69 / - 3 ==23 terms will appear before the 24th term, which will be 19
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