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: 53

Answer

$-1925$

Work Step by Step

There are $100$ terms, and they form an arithmetic sequence with $d=a_{n+1}-a_{n}=6-\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}(n+1)-(6-\frac{1}{2}n)$ $=6-\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}n-\frac{1}{2}-6+\frac{1}{2}n$ $=-\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}$ $a_{1}=6-\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}(1)=\frac{11}{2},$ $a_{100}=6-\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}(100)=-44$ Sum of the First $n$ Terms of an arithmetic sequence: $S_{n}=\displaystyle \frac{n}{2}\left(a_{1}+a_{n}\right)$ $S_{100}=\displaystyle \frac{100}{2}\left(\frac{11}{2}+(-44)\right)$ $=50\displaystyle \left(-\frac{77}{2}\right)=-25\cdot 77=-1925$
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