SOLUTION: Insert the indicated number of arithmetic means given the first and last term. Show your solution. ___1. 3 and 36 indicated number 7

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Question 1184281: Insert the indicated number of arithmetic means given the first and last term. Show your solution.
___1. 3 and 36 indicated number 7
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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7 arithmetic means between a and b means b is equal to a plus 8 times the common difference.

36=3+8d
8d=33
d=33/8 = 4 1/8

3; 7 1/8; 11 1/4; ...

You can do the busy work.