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Arithmetic Series

The document discusses arithmetic series and provides the formula to calculate the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence. It then works through two examples, finding the sum of the first 10 terms where the sequence is 5, 9, 13, 17... and the sum of the first 31 terms where the sequence is 28, 17, 6, -5,...

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Arithmetic Series

The document discusses arithmetic series and provides the formula to calculate the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence. It then works through two examples, finding the sum of the first 10 terms where the sequence is 5, 9, 13, 17... and the sum of the first 31 terms where the sequence is 28, 17, 6, -5,...

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Arithmetic Series

What is the sum of 1 to 100? Sum = (A + A )


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The sum of a Finite Arithmetic Sequence


*Finite Arithmetic Series (Sn)
- the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence
Ex. If A1 + A2 + A3 ,…, An is an arithmetic sequence with a common difference d, and

Sn = (A1 + A2) or Sn = [2A1 + (n - 1) d ]

*Where was Sn = [2A1 + (n - 1) d ] derived from?

Sn = (A1 + A2)

= [ (A1 + A1 + (n - 1) d) ] *Note: An = A1 + (n - 1) d

Sn = [ 2A1 + (n - 1) d ]

1) Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the sequence 5, 9, 13, 17,…
4 4 4
*Given: A1 = 5, d = 4, n = 10
Sn = [2A1 + (n - 1) d ] = 5 (10 + 36) *Note: n is = 10 since we
= 5 (46) are finding the sum of the
= [ 2 (5) + (10 - 1) 4 ] first 10 terms of the
Sn = 230 sequence
= 5 [10 + (9) 4]

2) Find the sum of the first 31 terms in the sequence 28, 17, 6, -5,…
-11 -11 -11
*Given: A1 = 28, d = -11, n = 31
Sn = [ 2A1 + (n - 1) d ] = (-274)

S31= [ 2 (28) + (31 - 1) -11 =


( )

= [ 56 + (30) -11] = 31 (-137)


S31 = -4,247
= [56 + (-330)]

= (56 - 330)

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