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ISBN: 9780998625720

Author: Lynn Marecek

Publisher: OpenStax College

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A sequence is defined as a collection of things. Series is defined to sum the things one by one in the sequence. It was invented by German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.

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Chapter 12.2, Problem 126E

In your own words, explain how to find the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence without adding all the terms.

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