Chapter 5
5.5.1 Finding the Nth Term of an Arithmetic Progression
Instructions: Use the following tutorial to help
introduce or reinforce the concept of the Nth Term of an Arithmetic Progression.
Read through the introduction, then study and familiarize
yourself with the definitions of terms. Next, use
the incremental calculator to study each step of
the process of determining the Nth Term of an Arithmetic Progression.
Finally,
use the calculator for examples to quiz yourself.
An arithmetic progression is a
sequence or pattern of numbers in which each term is
calculated by adding d to
the previous number. The
nth term of an arithmetic progression is
obtained by using first term a
and the common difference d
in this equation:
an=a+(n-1)d
An example of this problem is to take the
sequence 2,4,6,8... and finding the 10th
term. a= 2, n= 10, and d= (2)(2) + (10-1)2 = 20. Thus
the 10th term is 20.
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