SOLUTION: Insert the indicated number of arithmetic means given the first and last terms. Show the solution 3 and 36 indicated [7]

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Question 1184411: Insert the indicated number of arithmetic means given the first and last terms. Show the solution
3 and 36
indicated [7]
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, ikleyn:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Insert the indicated number of arithmetic means given the first and last terms.
3 and+36
indicated number [7]
Between the endpoints, 3 and 36, the distance is 33+units.
7+inserted arithmetic means divide this distance, this segment [3,36], in 7%2B1+=+8 gaps of equal length.

33%2F8 is the common+difference of the arithmetic sequence
3, 57%2F8,45%2F4, 123%2F8,+39%2F2, 189%2F8, 111%2F4, 255%2F8, 36
so, you insert 57%2F8,45%2F4, 123%2F8,+39%2F2, 189%2F8, 111%2F4, 255%2F8

Answer by ikleyn(52915) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The method of solution was just explained several times at the forum, and all necessary computational examples there just presented,
so the subject should be clear to EVERYBODY.


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https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Sequences-and-series/Sequences-and-series.faq.question.1184375.html

at this forum.