document.write( "Question 878423: The tenth term of an arithmetic sequence is 20 and the fifth term is 0. Find the sum of the terms from the eighth to the eighteenth, inclusive.
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\"A%5Bn%5D=A0%2B%28n-1%29R\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A%5B10%5D=A0%2B%2810-1%29R\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A0%2B9R=20\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A%5B5%5D=A0%2B%285-1%29R\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A0%2B4R=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract these two terms,
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\n" ); document.write( "\"5R=20\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"R=4\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"A0=-16\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"A%5Bn%5D=-16%2B4%28n-1%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A%5Bn%5D=-16%2B4n-4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A%5Bn%5D=4n-20\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"sum%28A%5Bn%5D%2C1%2CN%29=sum%28%284n-20%29%2Cn=1%2CN%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"sum%28A%5Bn%5D%2C1%2CN%29=4%2Asum%28n%2Cn=1%2CN%29%2BN%28-20%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"sum%28A%5Bn%5D%2C1%2CN%29=4%2A%28N%28N%2B1%29%2F2%29%2BN%28-20%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"sum%28A%5Bn%5D%2C1%2CN%29=2N%28N%2B1%29-20N\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"sum%28A%5Bn%5D%2C1%2CN%29=2N%5E2%2B2N-20N\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"S%5BN%5D=sum%28A%5Bn%5D%2C1%2CN%29=2N%5E2-18N\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"S%5B18%5D=2%2818%29%5E2-18%2A18\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"S%5B7%5D=2%287%29%5E2-18%287%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"S%5B7%5D=-28\"
\n" ); document.write( "So the the sum of the terms from 8th to 18th is,
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