An arithmetic sequence has a first term of 10 and a sixth term of 40. what is the 20th term of this sequence?
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Given information from the problem:
a 1 = 1 0
a 6 = 4 0
We wish to find a 2 0
a 6 = a 1 + 5 d
4 0 = 1 0 + 5 d
3 0 = 5 d
d = 6
Now compute for a 2 0
a 2 0 = a 1 + 1 9 d
a 2 0 = 1 0 + 1 9 ( 6 ) = 1 2 4