ARITHMETIC SERIES

Prepared by:Grace Anne Buno

Michelle Ann GesmundoMarty Lordgino Pulutan

What are arithmetic series?

A "series" is the value you get when you add up all the terms of a sequence; this value is called the "sum". For instance, "1, 2, 3, 4" is a sequence, with terms "1", "2", "3", and "4"; the corresponding series is the sum "1 + 2 + 3 + 4", and the value of the series is 10.

A series such as 3 + 7 + 11 + 15 + ··· + 99 or 10 + 20 + 30 + ··· + 1000 which has a constant difference between terms. The first term is a1, the common difference is d, and the number of terms is n. The sum of an arithmetic series is found by multiplying the number of terms times the average of the first and last terms. 

Formula:   Sn=n/2(t1+tn) or n/2[2t1+(n-1)d]wherein the Sn=the sum of n terms n=the numbers of terms t1=the first term tn=the last term d=the common difference

For getting the n:n=tn-t1 +1

d

Examples:1.)1+2+3,…100

let t1 be 1 since the first term is 1.let n be 100 since there are 100 terms.let tn be 100 since the nth term is 100.

since all of the terms are needed are given, we use the formula Sn=n/2(t1+tn).

substitute the values and we haveS100=100/2(1+100).

=5050 therefore, the answer is 5050

there are other formulas that you could use as well.

• To find tn ,d and t1 tn= t1+(n-1)d• To find n tn-t1 + 1

dLet’s try this problem:

if the first term is 14 and the common difference is 2, find t7 and S7.

The first step is to find the seventh term. Use the formula tn= t1+(n-1)d.

It will become t7= 14+(7-1)2. the n here is 7. = 26

Now that we have the 7th term, let us now compute for the seventh term. Use the formula Sn=n/2(t1+tn).

Again, substitute the values to the formula.S7= 7/2(14+26)

= 140 therefore:t7=26 and S7=140

How about this one:The first term of an A.P. is four and the fourth term

is fourteen find d, t8 and S8.

t1=4 first, we will look for the d. use the

t4=14 formula tn= t1+(n-1)d. the n here

D=? would be four.T8=?

S8=?

14=4+(4-1)d14=4+3d 10/3=d

now that we have our d which is 10/3, we can now solve for our t8.

Use the formula tn= t1+(n-1)d

t8=4+(8-1)10/3 =4+70/3 =27 and 1/3

Next, we solve for the S8 using the formula Sn=n/2(t1+tn) .

S8=8/2(4+82/3)

=4(691/3)

=277 1/3

ANSWERS

THE COMMON DIFFERENCE IS 10/3, THE 8TH TERM IS 27 1/3 AND THE S8 IS 277 1/3.

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Now that you know all the steps, try to complete this table.

t1 d tn n sn

2 5 ? 10 ?

7 -2 -15 ? ?

? -1.5 15 20 ?

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If the first term is eight and the third term is three, find t10 and S10.

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