Sequence of numbers or terms that have a common difference between any one term and the next in the sequence. For example, 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, ... is an arithmetic sequence with a common difference of 5.
The
nth term in any arithmetic progression can be found using the formula:
nth term = a + (n - 1)d
where
a is the first term and
d is the common difference.
An
arithmetic series is the sum of the terms in an arithmetic sequence. The sum
S of
n terms is given by:
S = n/2[2a + (n -1)d]
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