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Find the sum of the first (20) terms of the AP (31,28,25,\ldots).

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Correct answer: (50)

The direct answer is A, 50. For the AP, the first term is approximately written as 31, the common difference is \\(d=-3\\), and the number of terms is \\(n=20\\). First find the twentieth term: \\(a_{20}=a+(20-1)d=31+19(-3)=31-57=-26\\). Now use \\(S_n=\\frac{n}{2}(a+l)\\), where \\(l\\) is the last term. Thus \\(S_{20}=\\frac{20}{2}(31+(-26))=10\\times5=50\\). Option A is correct. Option B, 55, would result from an arithmetic error in the final addition or multiplication. Option C, 60, is also not the value obtained from the AP formula. Option D, 65, is another incorrect calculation. A decreasing AP can have a small positive sum because its later negative terms partly cancel its earlier positive terms. Exam cue: always find the last term carefully, then apply the sum formula.

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