ECZ 2023 · GCE Paper 1 — Sequences and Series

An Arithmetic Progression is given as 1, 7, 13, ... Find the sum of the first fifteen terms.

  • A. 555
  • B. 645
  • C. 5550
  • D. 660

Verified working — step 1

Adding fifteen terms one by one would work, but the sum formula is faster: Sn = n2(2a + (n - 1)d).

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