Use the approach in​ Gauss’s Problem to find the following sums of arithmetic sequences. a. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +....+ 102 b. 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 +....1003 c. 6 + 13 + 20 + 27 +.....+692 d. 890 + 881 + 872 + 863+...+8

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Problem 68SE: Find the 5thterm of the arithmetic sequence 9b,5b,b, .
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Use the approach in​ Gauss’s Problem to find the following sums of arithmetic sequences.

a. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +....+ 102

b. 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 +....1003

c. 6 + 13 + 20 + 27 +.....+692

d. 890 + 881 + 872 + 863+...+8

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