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The sum of the first 14 of an AP is 595. Given that the sum of the first 8 terms of the same AP is...

The sum of the first 14 of an AP is 595. Given that the sum of the first 8 terms of the same AP is 220
Find the
(i) the first term
(ii) the common difference.

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Kavungya answered the question on September 20, 2019 at 06:45

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