College Algebra (10th Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-947-6

Chapter 9 - Section 9.2 - Arithmetic Sequences - 9.2 Assess Your Understanding - Page 654: 54

Answer

$1120$

Work Step by Step

There are $80$ terms, and they form an arithmetic sequence with $d=a_{n+1}-a_{n}=\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}(n+1)+\frac{1}{2}-(\frac{1}{3}n+\frac{1}{2})=\frac{1}{3}$ $a_{1}=\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}(1)+\frac{1}{2}=\frac{5}{6},$ $a_{80}=\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}(80)+\frac{1}{2}=\frac{163}{6}$ Sum of the First $n$ Terms of an arithmetic sequence: $S_{n}=\displaystyle \frac{n}{2}\left(a_{1}+a_{n}\right)$ $S_{80}=\displaystyle \frac{80}{2}\left(\frac{5}{6}+\frac{163}{6}\right)$ $=40(\displaystyle \frac{168}{6})=40(28)=1120$
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