Question 1142569: the 7th term of an arithmetic sequence is 1/2 and the 14th term is
6 what is the 10th term?
Found 3 solutions by rothauserc, Edwin McCravy, josmiceli:
Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The formula for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence is
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x(n) = a +d(n-1), where is the first term, d is the common difference
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x(7) = 1/2 = a +d(7-1)
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1) a +6d = 1/2
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x(14) = 6 = a +d(14-1)
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2) a +13d = 6
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equation 1, multiply both sides of = by 2
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3) 2a +12d = 1
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solve equation 2 for a
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a = 6 -13d
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substitute for a in equation 3
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2(6-13d) +12d = 1
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12 -26d +12d = 1
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-14d = -11
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d = 11/14
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a = 6 -13(11/14)
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a = 84/14 -143/14 = -59/14
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x(10) = -59/15 +11/14(9) = 40/14 = 20/7
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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So we have the system:
Solve for a1 in one of the equations and
substitute in the other to find d. Then find d by
substituting in the equation you got when you solved
for d. Then substitute the values n=10, along with
what you got for a1 and d.
Edwin
Answer by josmiceli(19441)  (Show Source):
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