Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 6 - Section 6.7 - Formulas - Exercises - Page 256: 37

Answer

$ d=\frac{l-a}{n-1}$

Work Step by Step

To solve the given equation for $d$, we follow the following steps: $$ l = a + (n -1)d \Longrightarrow l-a=(n-1)d\\ \Longrightarrow \frac{(n-1)d}{n-1}=\frac{l-a}{n-1}\\ \Longrightarrow d=\frac{l-a}{n-1} .$$
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