Need answered asap will reward brainliest pick method (1) or (2) to find the partial sum of the first 100 terms for this sequence. 1. use the explicit formula, an = a1 + (n-1) d to find the 100th term for this sequence. then use the partial sum formula sn = n/2 (a1 + an) formula to find s100. 2. use technology () to find s100 using sigma notation with the explicit formula. ∑100n=1(a1 +(n−1)d) explain which method you used, show or explain what you did and remember to give your answer too.

The sum of the first 100 terms is 60400

Step-by-step explanation:

* Lets revise the arithmetic sequence

- There is a constant difference between each two consecutive

  numbers

- Ex:

# 2  ,  5  ,  8  ,  11  ,  ……………………….

# 5  ,  10  ,  15  ,  20  ,  …………………………

# 12  ,  10  ,  8  ,  6  ,  ……………………………

* General term (nth term) of an Arithmetic sequence:

- U1 = a  ,  U2  = a + d  ,  U3  = a + 2d  ,  U4 = a + 3d  ,  U5 = a + 4d

- Un = a + (n – 1)d, where a is the first term , d is the difference

 between each two consecutive terms n is the position of the

 number

- The sum of first n terms of an Arithmetic sequence is calculate from

 Sn = n/2[a + l], where a is the first term and l is the last term

* Now lets solve the problem

- We will use method (1)

- From the table the terms of the sequence are:

 10 , 22 , 34 , 46 , 58 , 82 , 94 , , where 10 is the first term

∵ an = a1 + (n - 1) d ⇒ explicit formula

∵ a1 = 10 and a2 = 22

∵ d = a2 - a1

∴ d = 22 - 10 = 12

- The 100th term means the term of n = 100

∴ a100 = 10 + (100 - 1) 12

∴ a100 = 10 + 99 × 12 = 10 + 1188 = 1198

∴ The 100th term is 1198

- Lets find the sum of the first 100 terms of the sequence

∵ Sn = n/2[a1 + an]

∵ n = 100 , a = 10 , a100 = 1198

∴ S100 = 100/2[10 + 1198] = 50[1208] = 60400

* The sum of the first 100 terms is 60400