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To calculate: Theamount of least and greatest prize awarded by radio station.
Answer to Problem 57E
Theleast prizeis
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The total of ten cash prizes is
Formula used:
A sequence with first term as
The sum of n terms of the arithmetic sequence is
Calculation:
Consider the provided information that total of ten cash prizes is
Denote the least prize as first term of arithmetic sequence
Recall that a sequence with first term as
The sum of n terms of the arithmetic sequence is
Here
Apply it,
Again apply the sum of n terms of the arithmetic sequence
Since,
Thus, the least prize is
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