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Check whether the given statement is true or false: For an arithmetic sequence ${a_{n}}$ whose first term is $a_{1}$ and whose common difference is $d$ , the $n$ th term is determined by the formula $a_{n} = a_{1} + n d$ .

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Check whether the given statement is true or false: For an arithmetic sequence ${a_{n}}$ whose first term is $a_{1}$ and whose common difference is $d$ , the $n$ th term is determined by the formula $a_{n} = a_{1} + n d$ .

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Check whether the given statement is true or false: For an arithmetic sequence { a n } whose first term is a 1 and whose common difference is d , the n th term is determined by the formula a n = a 1 + n d .

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Check whether the given statement is true or false: For an arithmetic sequence { a n } whose first term is a 1 and whose common difference is d , the n th term is determined by the formula a n = a 1 + nd .

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Check whether the given statement is true or false: For an arithmetic sequence ${a_{n}}$ whose first term is $a_{1}$ and whose common difference is $d$ , the $n$ th term is determined by the formula $a_{n} = a_{1} + n d$ .