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If in an AP a = 17, d = 9, and aₙ = 170, what is the value of n?

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Correct answer: 18

The governing concept is the nth-term formula for an arithmetic progression: aₙ = a + (n − 1)d. Here the first term is a = 17, the common difference is d = 9, and the required term is 170. Substitute these values: 170 = 17 + (n − 1)9. Subtracting 17 gives 153 = 9(n − 1). Dividing by 9 gives n − 1 = 17, so n = 18. Therefore option C is correct. The expression n − 1 counts the number of equal jumps after the first term; seventeen jumps take us from the first term to the eighteenth term. Option B, 17, results from forgetting to add 1 after finding the number of jumps. Options A and D similarly use an incorrect count of intervals.

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