Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Number Theory and the Real Number System - 5.7 Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences - Exercise Set 5.7 - Page 330: 122

Answer

The provided sequence is Arithmetic and sum of first 10 terms is 120.

Work Step by Step

The provided sequence is:\[-15,-9,-3,3\ldots \] Here, \[{{a}_{1}}=-15,{{a}_{2}}=-9,{{a}_{3}}=-3\ \text{and}\ {{a}_{4}}=3\] As, \[\begin{align} & {{a}_{2}}-{{a}_{1}}=-9+15 \\ & =6 \\ & {{a}_{3}}-{{a}_{2}}=-3+9 \\ & =6 \\ & {{a}_{4}}-{{a}_{3}}=3+3 \\ & =6 \end{align}\] This implies common difference (d) between two consecutive terms is: 6 Therefore, The provided sequence is arithmetic. Here \[{{a}_{1}}\] and \[{{a}_{n}}\]is first and the nth term of the provided A.P and n is natural number. To find the sum of the first ten terms, 10th and 1st term of the sequence are needed. To find 10th term of the provided sequence formula to be used is:\[{{a}_{n}}={{a}_{1}}+\left( n-1 \right)d\] Put \[n=10,{{a}_{1}}=-15,d=6\] in the above formula, the 10th term of the sequence is: \[\begin{align} & {{a}_{10}}=-15+\left( 10-1 \right)6 \\ & =-15+54 \\ & =39 \end{align}\] Therefore, The required sum of the provided sequence is: \[\begin{align} & {{s}_{10}}=\frac{10}{2}\left( {{a}_{1}}+{{a}_{10}} \right) \\ & =\frac{10}{2}\left( -15+39 \right) \\ & =5\left( 24 \right) \\ & =120 \end{align}\] The provided sequence is Arithmetic and sum of first 10 terms is 120.
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