SOLUTION: Find the number of terms and the sum of the series 7+17+27+...+107

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Question 87314: Find the number of terms and the sum of the series 7+17+27+...+107
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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It appears this sequence is an arithmetic one (since we simply add 10 each time to get from term to term).
So the arithmetic sequence would be
a%5Bn%5D=10n%2B7

So plug in a%5Bn%5D=107 to find out how many terms there are:

107=10n%2B7 plug in a%5Bn%5D=107

100=10n Subtract

100%2F10=n Divide

n=10 Reduce

Since we start off at n=0 there are 11 terms

In order find the sum of an arithmetic sequence, simply use this formula

S=%28n%2F2%29%28a%5B1%5D%2Ba%5Bn%5D%29 where a%5B1%5D is the first term, a%5Bn%5D is the last term, and n is the number of terms

S=%2811%2F2%29%287%2B107%29 Plug in a%5B1%5D=7, a%5Bn%5D=107, and n=11

S=%2811%2F2%29%28114%29 Add

S=627 Multiply

So 11 terms of this sequence adds up to 627