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An
arithmetic series
is the sum of a
sequence
of
numbers
in which the difference between each number and its predecessor is a constant. The sum
S
of the first
n
values of a finite sequence is given by the formula:
S
= ½
n
(
a
1
+
a
n
)
where
a
1
is the first term and
a
n
the last.