Find the nth partial sum given an=3n+2 and n=10.
I know that the formula to find the partial sum of an arithmetic series is Sn=n2(a1+an). However, I do not know how to find a1. Can someone please tell me how to find a1, or can this problem be solved another way?
So far, I have tried to substitute values and have gotten to Sn=5(a1+3n+2). But there are two unknowns and I don`t know where to go from there.
Answer
a1=3⋅1+2=5
a2=3⋅2+2=8
a3=3⋅3+2=11
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a10=3⋅10+2=32
This is an arithmetic sequence with d=3 and a1=5 the formula is
Sn=a1⋅n+d⋅n(n−1)2 this is equivalent with your formula: then a1=5, a10=32 and n=10 Sn=n(a1+an)2
S10=10(a1+a10)2
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