You add all the numbers & divide it by how many numbers 8 +9+9+9+10+10
A negative minus a negative is always a positive ;)
X=

Or it would be approximately: x≈ 0.37228132, -5.37228132
Hope this helped! ;P
The given sequence is
a₁, a₂, ...,

Because the given sequence is an arithmetic progression (AP), the equation satisfied is

where
d = the common difference.
The common difference may be determined as
d = a₂ - a₁
The common difference is the difference between successive terms, therefore
d = a₃ - a₂ = a₄ - a₃, and so on..
The sum of the first n terms is

Example:
For the arithmetic sequence
1,3,5, ...,
the common difference is d= 3 - 1 = 2.
The n-th term is

For example, the 10-term is
a₁₀ = 1 + (10-1)*2 = 19
Th sum of th first 10 terms is
S₁₀ = (10/2)*(1 + 19) = 100