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Sum of first 20terms of an AP is -240 .first term is 7.find 24th term

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Let a be the first term and d be the coomn difference.Now, a = 7Now, sum of first n terms of AP is given by Sn = n22a + n-1dS20 = 2022×7+20-1d-240 = 1014 + 19d-24 = 14 + 19d19d =-38d = -2Now, a24 = a + 23d = 7 + 23-2 = 7 - 46 = -39

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