Thursday, 9 July 2015

linear algebra - Finding the sum of the first term and common difference when given sum of first 5 and sum of first 10

the sum of the first 5 terms of an arithmetic series is 110 and the sum of the first 10 terms is 320. How do i go about finding the first term and common difference.




Sn = n/2 [2a+d(n−1)] is the equation for working out the sum of an arithmetic series, but how can i rearrange to find for the first term and common difference. I belive it would be using simulatenous equations.

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