The sum of the first 6 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 120 If the first number is 10, what is the common difference?
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The mean of the 6 terms must be 20, since 20*6 = 120. Therefore, the last term is 30 (since the first and last term are equidistant from the mean). The final term will be 10+5x = 30. (30-10)/5 = 4.
( a ) + ( a + d ) + ( a + 2 d ) + ( a + 3 d ) + ( a + 4 d ) + ( a + 5 d ) ( 1 0 ) + ( 1 0 + d ) + ( 1 0 + 2 d ) + ( 1 0 + 3 d ) + ( 1 0 + 4 d ) + ( 1 0 + 5 d ) 6 0 + 1 5 d d = 1 2 0 = 1 2 0 [ a = 1 0 ] = 1 2 0 = 4
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U s i n g t h e f o r m u l a f o r s u m o f t e r m s i n a n a r i t h m e t i c s e q u e n c e i . e . . S n = 2 n [ 2 a + ( n − 1 ) d ] w h e r e S n = s u m o f t h e t e r m s , n = n u m b e r o f t e r m s , a = f i r s t t e r m , d = c o m m o n d i f f e r e n c e
H e r e S n = 1 2 0 , n = 6 , a = 1 0
→ 1 2 0 = 2 6 [ 2 × 1 0 + 5 d ]
→ 1 2 0 = 3 ( 2 0 + 5 d )
→ 5 d = 2 0
⇒ ∴ d = 4