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Can anyone explain to me what this is asking/how to do this? I think it's for the summation formula

et/?f=S_%7Bn%7D%20%3Dn%28%5Cfrac%7Ba_%7B1%7D%2Ba_%7Bn%7D%20%20%7D%7B2%7D%29" id="TexFormula1" title="S_{n} =n(\frac{a_{1}+a_{n} }{2})" alt="S_{n} =n(\frac{a_{1}+a_{n} }{2})" align="absmiddle" class="latex-formula"> but if I'm given a1, an, and n, what are the other numbers for?

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disa [49]3 years ago

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Answer:

D 3500

Step-by-step explanation:

This question is asking for the sum of all the terms in an arithmetic series.

So using the formula : Sn = n/2 (a+l) , where Sn is the sum of n terms, a is first term, and l is last term, we try to find Sn, with n being 25, a being 20, and an which is a25 or the twenty fifth term being 260, also being the last term.

Hence we can produce the formula for Sn which is Sn=25/2 (20+260)

Sn=25/2 (280)

=3500

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