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Given the arithmetic series: a +13 + b + 27 + ...

Show that a=6 and b=20​

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An arithmetic series has a common difference between consecutive terms
So here the common difference is
(27-13)/2 = 7
So b = 13+7 = 20
And a = 3-7 = 6
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