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Progression01: Sum and nth term of a series

Any series a, a+d, a+2d, a+3d, ..........

where a --> First term
          d --> difference between the terms
          n --> number of terms

nth term of the series 
First term -> a
Second term -> a+1d
Third term -> a+2d
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nth term -> a+(n-1)d

n'th term of the series = a + (n-1)d

Sum of the first n terms

S = a+a+d+a+2d+a+3d+.........+a+(n-1)d
   = na+d+2d+3d+.....(n-1)d
   = na+d(1+2+3+......+(n-1))
   = na+d((n-1)(n-1+1)/2)
   = n(a+(n-1)d/2)

Sum of the first n terms = n2(2a+(n1)d)

Number of terms in the series

Number of terms = (LastTermFirstTerm)d+1

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