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Understanding Arithmetic Series Concepts

The document discusses arithmetic series, detailing the first term, common difference, and last term. It provides examples for calculating the nth term and the sum of the first n terms, including specific problems to solve for the 10th and 20th terms and the sums of the first 10 and 15 terms. Additionally, it poses a question regarding the number of terms in a series with a given sum of -280.

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Understanding Arithmetic Series Concepts

The document discusses arithmetic series, detailing the first term, common difference, and last term. It provides examples for calculating the nth term and the sum of the first n terms, including specific problems to solve for the 10th and 20th terms and the sums of the first 10 and 15 terms. Additionally, it poses a question regarding the number of terms in a series with a given sum of -280.

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Arithmetic Series

first term
common difference
last term

nth term:

Sum of the first n terms: or

Example 1

For the series 7, 10, 13, 16,….

(a) What is the 10th term?

(b) What is the 20th term?

(c) What is the sum of the first 10 terms?

(d) What is the sum of the first 15 terms?

Example 2

A series has . If the sum of its terms is -280, how many terms has it got?

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