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Calculators · Algebra

Arithmetic progression

The nth term, the sum of n terms, which term a number is, or the common difference.

Term 20 is 98

The working

  1. The terms go 3, 8, 13, …, adding 5 each time.
  2. aₙ = a + (n − 1)d = 3 + (20 − 1) × 5 = 3 + 95 = 98.