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Let a be the first term and d the common difference between consecutive terms. Then the next few terms in the sequence are
a + d
a + 2d
a + 3d
and so on, up to the k-th term
a + (k - 1) d
The sum of the first n terms of this sequence is
[tex]\displaystyle S_n = \sum_{k=1}^n(a+(k-1)d) = 12n-2n^2[/tex]
Expanding the sum, we have
[tex]\displaystyle S_n = \sum_{k=1}^n (a+(k-1)d) \\\\ S_n = \sum_{k=1}^n(a-d+dk) \\\\ S_n = (a-d)\sum_{k=1}^n1+d\sum_{k=1}^nk \\\\ S_n = (a-d)n+\frac{d}2n(n+1) \\\\ S_n = (a-d)n+\frac{d}2(n^2+n) \\\\ S_n = \left(a-\frac{d}2\right)n+\frac{d}2n^2[/tex]
It follows that
a - d/2 = 12
d/2 = -2
Solve these equations for a and d.
d/2 = -2 ==> d = -4
a - d/2 = a + 2 = 12 ==> a = 10
So the sequence is
10, 6, 2, -2, -6, -10, -14, …
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