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1.What advice would you give to next
years Precal class in regard to the
Vector Air Project?
2.Express using summation notation:
Section 12.2
Arithmetic Sequences
Arithmetic Sequence
Show that the sequence is arithmetic. List the first term and the
common difference.
(a) 4, 2, 0, 2, . . .
(b)
(a) a1 4 d 2
sn 4n 1
(b) a1 4 1 1 3 d S n S n 1 4n 1 4 n 1 1 4
(c)
tn 2 3n
(c) a1 2 31 1 d S n S n1 2 3n 2 3n 1 3
a1 3 d 3
an 3 n 1 3
a24 3 24 1 3 66
Find the sum of the first n terms of the sequence {4n + 2}.
a1 4(1) 2 6
n
n
S n 6 4 n 2 4n 8 2n n 2
2
2
122 52 n 1 5
70 n 1 5
15
S15 52 122
2
1305
14 n 1
15 n