document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1041158>Question 1041158</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Need help using Sigma Notion to represent this series, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 + 5 + 8 + 11 + 14 + 17 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solutions in Sigma Notion: https://postimg.org/image/z9biwjgjr/ <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ty </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The first term is 2. The common difference is 3. The common difference is the value you add to any term to get the next term\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "eg: 5+3 = 8 or 14+3 = 17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the nth term of the arithmetic sequence is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a(n) = a1+d(n-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a(n) = 2+3(n-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a(n) = 2+3n-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a(n) = -1+3n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now this formula only works if you start at n = 1. Sometimes books will start at n = 0. So we need to add on 3 to correct for this\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1+3n+3 = -1+3+3n = 2+3n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we started at n = 0, and we had 6 terms of 2+3n added up (n = 0 through n = 5), then we would have this summation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \sum_{n=0}^{5}2+3n\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the final answer is <font color=red size=4>choice D</font><BR>\n" );
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