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If the sum of the first n terms of an AP is `4n - n^2` , what is the first term (that is `S_1` ) ? What is the sum of first two terms ? What is the second term ? Similarly . Find the 3rd, the 10th and the nth terms .

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`S_(1) =3, S_(2) =4; a_(2)=1; a_(3)=-1, a_(10)= -15`
`a_(n) \ 5-2n`
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