Q. Find the sum of the following arithmetic progressions:
(i) 50, 46, 42, ... to 10 terms
(ii) 1, 3, 5, 7, ... to 12 terms
(iii) 3, 9/2, 6, 15/2, ... to 25 terms
(iv) 41, 36, 31, ... to 12 terms
(v) a + b, a − b, a − 3b, ... to 22 terms
(vi) (x − y)2, (x2 + y2), (x + y)2, ..., to n terms
(vii) to n terms
(viii) −26, −24, −22, ... to 36 terms.