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A A D A A A D A: Arithmetic Sequences 4.4

This document contains 8 problems involving arithmetic sequences. The problems ask the learner to find specific terms in given sequences, determine if a number is a term in a sequence, calculate the sum of terms in a sequence, and determine the number of terms or rows needed to satisfy a given condition. Formulas for the nth term and sum of terms of an arithmetic sequence are provided and used to solve each problem.

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A A D A A A D A: Arithmetic Sequences 4.4

This document contains 8 problems involving arithmetic sequences. The problems ask the learner to find specific terms in given sequences, determine if a number is a term in a sequence, calculate the sum of terms in a sequence, and determine the number of terms or rows needed to satisfy a given condition. Formulas for the nth term and sum of terms of an arithmetic sequence are provided and used to solve each problem.

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MAT 117 Arithmetic Sequences 4.

4 Name_____________________

Find the 40th term of the following arithmetic sequences

a40  2  40  13


1. 2, 5, 8,11, ...
 119
a40  25  40  1 0.5
2. 25 , 26.5 , 28 , 29.5 ,...
 44.5
3. The 12th term of an arithmetic sequence is 32, and the 5th term is 18. Find the 20th term.

32  a1  11d 18  a1  42  a 20  10  192 


18  a1  4d 18  a1  8 a 20  48
14  7 d a1  10
d 2

4. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 1, and the common difference is 4. Is 11,937 a term of this sequence? If so,
which one?
11937  1  n  1 4 11940  4n
Yes, it’s the 2985th term
11936  4n  4 n  2985
Find the sums of the following arithmetic sequences

405  1  n  1 4 1  405
102
S102 
2
5. 1  5  9  ...  405 404  4n  4 S102  20706
408  4n
n  102
20

 2n  1  2  1  39
21
6. k 0

 399
7. An architect designs a theater with 15 seats in the first row, 18 in the second, 21 in the third, and so on. If the theater is to
have a seating capacity of 870, how many rows must the architect use in his design?

870 
n
215  n  13 n 2  27 n  580  0
2
870  30  3n  3 n  29n  20  0
n
2
1740  3n 2  27 n n  20

8. An arithmetic sequence has first term a  78 and common difference d  4 . How many terms of this sequence must
be added to get a sum of 702?

702 
n
278  n  1 4 4n 2  160n  1404  0 n  13 or n  27
2
1404  n 156  4n  4  n 2  160n  351  0
1404  4n 2  160n n  27 n  13  0
Yes, there are 2 answers. If you don’t believe it, write out the terms.

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