IB skill practice

Work with arithmetic sequences

Identify the common difference, build the nth-term rule, find a specified term, and calculate a finite arithmetic sum.

Paper 1 6 marks Difficulty 2

Arithmetic sequence terms and sum

The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are \(-3, -6, -9\). Find the common difference \(d\), write the nth-term rule \(u_n\), then calculate \(u_9\) and \(S_9\).

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