bike chain keeps slipping?

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my rear bike chain keeps slipping, and i found out it was on the back, its been getting worse and worse, i got off and ran the chain backwords and saw that the chain was going up to the next gear, then dropping back into the proper gear, how do i fix that? also, when i got my bike, its derailer was messed up, so to shift to 2nd on my front gears i have to go to 2 and 1/2 and i hear my chain hitting the derailer, also with going to 3rd gear i have to go to 3 and 1/2...when i go to 3-1 it works fine, but from 2-1 it takes a few seconds to change to 1st and sometimes i have to change the back gears so that it will pull it down a little then shift back up...pretty much my entire chain, and shifters are pretty messed up

using SRAM SX4 or TRX trigger shifters (not too sure which it is)
correction: using SRAM SX4 trigger shifters
according to my bike computer, i've only put about 100 miles on it, about 95% of that was smooth terrain
 
You need to adjust the barrel adjuster on the rear derailleur. The cable has stretched just a little. Watch this video, DO NOT adjust any of the screws.

http://bicycletutor.com/adjust-rear-derailleur/
 
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