Arithmetic Sequences

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Write the first five terms of the sequence. Determine whether or not the sequence is arithmetic. If it is,
find the common difference.
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1. a n=8+13 n 2. a n= 3.
n
a n=2 +n
n+1

Find the nth term of the sequence, then find the 20th term.
2 2 1 −4
4. a1 = 2 and d = 3 5. -6, -4, -2,…. 6. a1 = 0 and d = 7. , , ,…
3 5 15 15

Find the nth term of the sequence.

8. a1 = -4 and a5 = 16 9. a3 = 94 and a6 = 85 10. a5 = 190 and a10 = 115
Find the nth term of the sequence.
11. a6 = -38 and a11 = -73 12. a3 = 19 and a15 = -1.7 13. a5 = 16 and a14 = 38.5

Find the indicated nth partial sum (Sn) of the arithmetic sequence.
14. 8, 20, 32, 44,… n = 10 15. a1 = -6, d = 4, n = 50

16. 100 + 105 + 110 +…+220 17. 0.5 + 1.3 + 2.1 + …+ 70.1

18. a1 = 3, d = 2, n = 12 19. a1 = 100, d = -5, n = 8

20. a2 = 8, a5 = 9.5, n = 12 21. −3+ ( −32 )+0+ …+30

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Find the sums of the following arithmetic series in summation notation.

50
∑n
1. n=1

100
∑ 2n
2. n=51

500
∑ ( n+6 )
3. n=75
 250 30 10 17 10
∑ ( 600−n ) ∑ n−∑ n ∑ 2 n− ∑ n
25. n=100 26. n=11 n=1 27. n=2 n=5

28. How many terms of the arithmetic sequence -2, 3, 8,… must be added to get 1573?

29. How many terms of the arithmetic sequence 15, 12, 9,…must be added to get -39?

30. How many terms of the arithmetic sequence -1, 2, 5,… must be added to get 609?

Answers
1 1 1 1 1
1. 21, 34, 47, 60, 73; Arithmetic; d = 13 2. , , , , ; Not Arithmetic
2 3 4 5 6

3. 3, 6, 11, 20, 37; Not Arithmetic 4. an = 3n – 1; a20 = 59 5. an = 2n – 8 ; a20 = 32

2 2 38 −1 11 −89
6. a n= n− ; a 20= 7. a n= n+ ; a 20= 8. an = 5n – 9
3 3 3 3 15 15

9. an = -3n + 103 10. an = -15n + 265 11. an = -7n + 4

12. an = -1.725n + 24.175 13. an = 2.5n + 3.5 14. S10 = 620

15. S50 = 4,600 16. S25 = 4,000 17. S88 = 3,106.4

18. S12 = 168 19. S8 = 660 20. S12 = 123

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21. S23= 22. S50 = 1,275 23. S50 = 7,550
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24. S426 = 125,031 25. S151 = 64,175 26. S = 355

27. S = 259 28. n = 26 29. n = 13 30. n = 21