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D4 Understand and work with arithmetic sequences and series, including the formulae for nth term and the sum to n terms.
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Pure Mathematics
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Arithmetic sequences and series
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D4 Understand and work with arithmetic sequences and series, including the formulae for nth term and the sum to n terms
- This point belongs to Pure Mathematics, especially Arithmetic sequences and series.
- You need to be able to d4 Understand and work with arithmetic sequences and series, including the formulae for nth term and the sum to n terms.
- The key ideas to know are arithmetic sequence, sum, and nth term.
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arithmetic sequencesumnth term
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Proof
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- B4 Solve simultaneous equations in two variables by elimination and by substitution, including one linear and one quadratic equation.
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