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What is the formula for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence?
What is the sum of the first 100 positive integers?
What is the general formula for a finite arithmetic series?
What is the last term (l) in an arithmetic sequence?
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What is the advantage of using Karl Friedrich Gauss's method?
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What is the common difference (d) in an arithmetic sequence?
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What is the formula for Sn when the last term l is unknown?
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What is the purpose of deriving the general formula for a finite arithmetic series?
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What is the formula for the sum of an arithmetic sequence from the first term (a) to the last term (l)?
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How many terms are being added together in the sum: $S_{100} = 1 + 2 + 3 + … + 100$?
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What is the value of $d$ in the sequence of positive integers?
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What is the purpose of adding corresponding pairs of terms in Karl Friedrich Gauss's method?
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What is the value of $S_{100}$ when using Karl Friedrich Gauss's method?
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What is the formula for the $n$-th term of an arithmetic sequence?
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What is the formula for $S_n$ when the last term $l$ is unknown?
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What is the advantage of using formulas to calculate the sum of an arithmetic sequence?
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What is the sum of the first 50 positive integers?
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If the sum of the first 20 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 210, what is the common difference?
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What is the sum of the first 15 terms of an arithmetic sequence with a first term of 3 and a common difference of 2?
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If the sum of the first 25 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 625, what is the first term?
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What is the sum of the first 30 terms of an arithmetic sequence with a last term of 60 and a common difference of 2?
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If the sum of the first 18 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 342, what is the last term?
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What is the sum of the first 12 terms of an arithmetic sequence with a first term of 2 and a last term of 26?
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If the sum of the first 40 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 1040, what is the common difference?
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