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document.write( "The sum of the first 10 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 530. What is the first term if the last term is 80? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Reverse the progression from the last term to the first term,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "by making 80 its new first term.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It will be still AP with the same sum.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Will it help you to solve the problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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