Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 6 - Section 6.7 - Formulas - Exercises - Page 256: 40

Answer

$n=\frac{l-a+d}{d}$

Work Step by Step

To solve the given equation for $n$, we do the following steps $$ l = a + (n - 1)d\Longrightarrow l=a+nd-d\\ \Longrightarrow nd=l-a+d\\ \Longrightarrow \frac{nd}{d}=\frac{l-a+d}{d}\\ \Longrightarrow n=\frac{l-a+d}{d} .$$
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