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Sum of Arithmetic Sequence

The document describes an arithmetic sequence representing the number of seats in each row of a conference hall. The first row has 20 seats, the second row has 22 seats, and each subsequent row has 2 more seats than the previous row. It is found that the 20th row has 58 seats. Using the formula for the sum of an arithmetic sequence, the total number of seats in the conference hall is calculated to be 780.

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Sum of Arithmetic Sequence

The document describes an arithmetic sequence representing the number of seats in each row of a conference hall. The first row has 20 seats, the second row has 22 seats, and each subsequent row has 2 more seats than the previous row. It is found that the 20th row has 58 seats. Using the formula for the sum of an arithmetic sequence, the total number of seats in the conference hall is calculated to be 780.

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Sum of Arithmetic

Sequence
Sipnayan with Teacher Schievvie
Explore
A conference hall has 20
rows of seats. The first row How many seats are there
contains 20 seats, the in the 20th Row?
second row contains 22
seats, the third row contains
24 seats, and so on. How n 1 2 3 … 20
many seats are there in the an 20 22 24 … ?
last row? How many seats
are there in the conference
hall?
3rd row 24 seats
2nd row 22 seats
1st row 20 seats
Explore
A conference hall has 20 n 1 2 3 … 20
rows of seats. The first row an 20 22 24 … ?
contains 20 seats, the
second row contains 22
seats, the third row contains Solution:
a1 = 20, n = 20, d = 2
24 seats, and so on. How
many seats are there in the
a20 = 20+ ( 20-1) 2
last row? How many seats
a20 = 20+ ( 19) 2
are there in the conference
a20 = 20+ 38
hall?
a20 = 58

Hence there are 58 chairs on the


20th row.
Explore
A conference hall has 20 n 1 2 3 … 20
rows of seats. The first row an 20 22 24 … 58
contains 20 seats, the
second row contains 22
seats, the third row contains We have to add all the terms to
24 seats, and so on. How get the total number of seats
many seats are there in the inside the conference hall, but it
last row?
will take us eternity to find all the
How many seats are there
in the conference hall?
remaining terms… that’s a lot of
work!
Sum of Arithmetic Sequence
Given an arithmetic sequence where a1 is the
first term and an is the nth term or last term, the
sum of the first n terms is given by:
Sum of all
Terms

1st Term Last Term


Explore n 1 2 3 … 20
an 20 22 24 … 58
A conference hall has 20
rows of seats. The first row Let’s use the formula to get the sum the
contains 20 seats, the arithmetic sequence.
second row contains 22 n=20, a1 =20 and an = 58
seats, the third row contains
24 seats, and so on. How
many seats are there in the
last row?
How many seats are there
in the conference hall?

A total of 780 seats are there in the


conference hall.
Let’s Solve for more!
a. Find the sum of the first 25 terms of an arithmetic sequence 18, 23, 28, 33, 38,…
Let’s Solve for more!
b. Find the sum of the first 50 terms of the arithmetic sequence if the first term is
21 and the 20th term is 154.

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