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Find the sum of the first 16 terms of the series 14+11+8+5+...-82

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Answer:

-136

Explanation:

This series can be written as: (14 - 3*0) + (14 - 3*1) +...+ (14 - 3*n)

The sum of the first 16 terms is:

14*16 - 0 - 3 - 6 - 9 -... = 224 - 360 = -136

This underlined bit can be calculated in many ways, I personally used my calculator, but there are formulas to do so.

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