SOLUTION: The sum of the following is 1 + 3 - 5 + 7 + 9 - 11+ 13......... 3n terms Answer: 3nē-4n

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Question 974831: The sum of the following is 1 + 3 - 5 + 7 + 9 - 11+ 13......... 3n terms
Answer: 3nē-4n

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of the following is 1 + 3 - 5 + 7 + 9 - 11+ 13......... 3n terms
The given sequence is the sum of two arithmetic sequences, 3n terms of
the first sequence and n terms of the second sequence:

1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 + 17 + 19 + 21 + 23 + ... + 3nth term
      -10         - 22           - 34           - 46 - ... -  nth term
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1 + 3 - 5 + 7 + 9 - 11 + 13 + 15 - 17 + 19 + 21 - 23 + ...     ?

The first sequence has 3n terms, but first we find the sum of n terms 



and since it has 3n terms, we replace n by 3n and get the sum of 3n terms,
 or  

The second sequence -10-22-34-46- ... has only n terms:




Adding the two sums:  

Answer: 
 
Edwin

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