document.write( "Question 1035874: Find the sum of the first 22 terms in the arithmetic series -6 - 12 - 18 - ...\r
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Find the sum of the first 22 terms in the arithmetic series -6 - 12 - 18 - ...\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use the formula for the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"S%5Bn%5D\" =  \"a%5B1%5D+%2B+a%5B2%5D+%2B+a%5B3%5D+%2B+ellipsis+%2B+a%5Bn%5D\" = \"%28a%5B1%5D+%2B+%28n-1%29%2Ad%2F2%29%2An\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "where \"a%5B1%5D\" is the first term, d is the common difference and n is the number of terms (see the lesson Arithmetic progressions in this site).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In your case \"a%5B1%5D\" = -6, d = -6, n = 22.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"S%5B22%5D\" = \"%28-6+%2B+%2821%2A%28-6%29%29%2F2%29%2A22\".\r
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