Question
Find the sixth and twentieth terms and the sum of the first 10term of each of the following Sequences [ -15,-9,-3, ldots.-9-(-15)=6 ]
Solution
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Resposta
To find the sixth and twentieth terms of the sequence, we can use the formula for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence:
where
is the nth term,
is the first term,
is the term number, and
is the common difference.In this case, the first term
is -15, and the common difference
is 6 (since the difference between consecutive terms is 6).Let's find the sixth term:
So, the sixth term of the sequence is 15.Now, let's find the twentieth term:
So, the twentieth term of the sequence is 99.To find the sum of the first 10 terms of the sequence, we can use the formula for the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence:
where
is the sum of the first n terms,
is the number of terms,
is the first term, and
is the common difference.In this case, the first term
is -15, the common difference
is 6, and we want to find the sum of the first 10 terms (
):
So, the sum of the first 10 terms of the sequence is 120.