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For a given arithmetic series un, it is known that the 3rd term is 2 and the sum of the first thirty terms is −1815.

What is the 10th term of this sequence?


Let un=a+(n−1)d and Sn=n2left[2a+(n−1)dright].

You know u4 and S30 - this enables you to find a and d.


Once you know a and d, you can find u10 using the formula for the nth term.