The arithmetic sequence a; is defined by the formula: ai= -3

ai = ai -1 – 5

Find the sum of the first 490 terms in the sequence.

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!

16.80 times .20= 3.36

step-by-step explanation:

substitute,

circle 1 = 5

circle 2 = 20

circle 3 = 44

in this case no matter how you add, you will always get a perfect square..

hence proved

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