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The 8th term of an ap is 17 and 18 term is 13 find the common difference​

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I'm assuming you meant arithmetic progression. If the common difference is d and because 18 - 8 = 10 we can write 17 + 10d = 13. Solving for d we get d = -0.4 or -2/5.

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