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Arithmetic Sequences
and Series
An infinite sequence is a function whose domain
is the set of positive integers.
a1, a2, a3, a4, . . . , an, . . .
terms
d=4
a1 = 15
5 + 10 + 15 + 20 + 25 + 30 + 35 + 40 + 45 + 50 = ?
n = 10
a1 = 5 a10 = 50
a1 = – 6 d=4 c = a1 – d = – 10
an = dn + c = 4n – 10 a50 = 4(50) – 10 = 190
end value
List Menu:
100
Graphing Utility: Find the sum 2n .
i 1 lower limit
upper
List Menu: limit
a a a
i 1
i 1 2 a3 a4 an
1 n (1 1) (1 2) (1 3) (1 4) (1 5)
i 1
2 3 4 5 6
20
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Example: Find the partial sum.
100
a1 a100
4 i 1 2 3 4
i1
5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1
2 2 2 2 2
5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1
2 4 8 16
555 5
2 4 8 16
40 20 10 5 75
16 16 16 16 16