Arithmetic series

An arithmetic series is a sum of consecutive terms in an arithmetic sequence. For instance,

$2 + 6 + 10 + 14 + 18$

is an arithmetic series whose value is 50.

To find the sum of an arithmetic sequence, we can write it out as so (S is the sum, a is the first term, n is the number of terms, and d is the common difference): $\begin{align*} S &= a + (a+d) + (a+2d) + ... + (a+(n-1)d) \\ S &= (a+(n-1)d) + (a+(n-2)d)+ ... + (a+d) + a \end{align*}$