Answer
$-95$
Work Step by Step
To calculate $a_n$, we plug in $n$ to the general formula.
To calculate the result, we use PEMDAS (parentheses, exponentation, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction) to determine which operation is applied first.
$a_{10} = -(10)^2 + 5 = -100 + 5 = -95$
