SOLUTION: Express the sum using summation notation. 15+13+11+...+(-43)

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Question 1059603: Express the sum using summation notation. 15+13+11+...+(-43)
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
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This will start at 15, and 30 sums later will add -43.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source):
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Too many tutors are like the above. They show you nothing but what the back of the book does. They just give you the answer with no explanation.

Express the sum using summation notation. 15+13+11+...+(-43)

The sequence 15, 13, 11, ..., -43 is an arithmetic sequence with and since 13-15 = -2, 11-13=-2, the common difference . Therefore, the nth term is given by: Next we must find which term of the sequence is -43, so we substitute -43 for a_n So the sum is Edwin