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The sum of the first terms, Sn, of a particular arithmetic progression is given by Sn=12n-2n2. Find the first term and the common difference.

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The sum of the first n terms, Sn, of a particular arithmetic progression is given by Sn=14(5n2-17n). Find an expression for the nth term.
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A circle is divided into ten sectors. The sizes of the angles of the sectors are in arithmetic progression. The angle of the largest sector is seven times the angle of the smallest sector. Find the angle of the smallest sector.
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An arithmetic sequence has first term a and common difference d. The sum of first 20 terms is 7 times the sum of the first five terms. Find d in terms of a.

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An arithmetic sequence has first term a and common difference d. The sum of first 20 terms is 7 times the sum of the first five terms. Find the 65th term in terms of a.

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The tenth term in an arithmetic progression is three times the third term. Show that the sum of the first ten terms is eight times the sum of the first three terms.
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The first term of an arithmetic progression is sin2x, and the second term is 1. Write down an expression, in terms of sin, for the fifth term of this progression.

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The first term of an arithmetic progression is sin2x, and the second term is 1. Show that the sum of the first ten terms of this progression is 10+345 cos2x

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The sum of the digits in the number 67 is 13 (as 6+7=3). Show that the sum of the digits of the integers from 19 to 21 is 15