Sunday, June 2, 2013

A1= 7, An= -20, Sn = -65 determine n and d.


%0D%0AS%5Bn%5D=%28n%2F2%29%28a%5B1%5D%2Ba%5Bn%5D%29%0D%0A 
so that 

%0D%0A-65=%28n%2F2%29%287%2B%28-20%29%29%0D%0A 


Therefore 

n=10 

As for the common difference 

%0D%0Ad=%28a%5Bn%5D-a%5B1%5D%29%2F%28n-1%29=%28-20-7%29%2F%2810-1%29=-3%0D%0A 

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