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Mathematics 10: Mother Goose Special School System, Inc

The document provides examples and explanations of arithmetic series and sequences. It demonstrates how to find the sum of arithmetic sequences by determining the common difference and using formulas to calculate the total. Several word problems are presented involving arithmetic sequences over a set number of terms to calculate a total distance, number of people, or other values.

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Mathematics 10: Mother Goose Special School System, Inc

The document provides examples and explanations of arithmetic series and sequences. It demonstrates how to find the sum of arithmetic sequences by determining the common difference and using formulas to calculate the total. Several word problems are presented involving arithmetic sequences over a set number of terms to calculate a total distance, number of people, or other values.

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MOTHER GOOSE SPECIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM, INC.

Samson Compound Tapuac Dist., Dagupan City


TEL.NO. 529-3420 or 529-3421

MATHEMATICS 10
Mr. Christian Jay M. Galope

Arithmetic Series
An arithmetic series is the sum of arithmetic sequence. (Sn)

Example1:
Find the sum of the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …, 10
We can write it as
1 + 2 + 3+ 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 +10
= 55

Example2:
Find the sum of the first 40 terms of the arithmetic sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, …
To find the sum of the arithmetic sequence:
a. find the common difference and use the formula
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = [2𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑] ; or
2
b. find the nth term; and
c. find the sum using the formula
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = 2 (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) or

Solution:
a. find the common difference
𝑛
𝑑 = 𝑎𝑛 − 𝑎𝑛−1 𝑆𝑛 = 2
[2𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑]
40
𝑑 = 𝑎2 − 𝑎2−1 𝑆40 = 2 [2(2) + (40 − 1)3]
𝑑 = 𝑎2 − 𝑎1 𝑆40 = 20[4 + (39)3]
𝑑 =5− 2 𝑆40 = 20(4 + 117)
𝑑 =3 𝑆40 = 20(121)
𝑆40 = 2420
b. find the nth term
𝑎40 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑
𝑎40 = 2 + (40 − 1)3
𝑎40 = 2 + (39)3
𝑎40 = 2 + 117
𝑎40 = 119

c. find the sum


𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 )
2
40
𝑆40 = 2 (𝑎1 + 𝑎40 )
40
𝑆40 = 2 (2 + 119)
𝑆40 = 20(121)
𝑆40 = 2420
Example3:
20 people live on the first floor of the building, 34 people on the second floor and 48 people
on the third floor, and so on in an arithmetic sequence. If there are 5 floors, what’s the total
number of people living in the building?
Solution:
20, 34, 48, …
𝑛
𝑑 = 𝑎𝑛 − 𝑎𝑛−1 𝑆𝑛 = 2
[2𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑]
5
𝑑 = 𝑎2 − 𝑎2−1 𝑆5 = [2(20) + (5 − 1)14]
2
𝑑 = 𝑎2 − 𝑎1 𝑆5 = 2.5[40 + (4)14]
𝑑 = 34 − 20 𝑆5 = 2.5(40 + 56)
𝑑 = 14 𝑆5 = 2.5(96)
𝑆5 = 240

Try This
1. A car travels 300m the first minute, 420m the next minute, 540m the third minute, and so
on in an arithmetic sequence. What’s the total distance the car travels in 5 minutes?

2. There are 130 students in grade one, 210 students in grade two and 290 students in grade
three in a primary school, and so on in an arithmetic sequence. What’s the total amount of
students in the primary school? (Primary School has 6 grades)

3. You visit the Grand Canyon and drop a rock off the edge of a cliff. The distance the rock will
fall is 16 feet the first second, 48 feet the next second, 80 feet the third second, and so on in
an arithmetic sequence. What is the total distance the object will fall in 6 seconds?

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