Question

A skier has decided that on each trip down a slope, she will do 3 more jumps than before. On her first trip she did 5 jumps. Derive the sigma notation that shows how many total jumps she attempts from her third trip down the hill through her tenth trip. Then solve for the number of total jumps from her third to tenth trips.

Answer 1

http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/topics/sigma-notation-of-a-series/sigma-notation.gif any ideas on what the "sequence" would be? keep in mind that the 1st "jump" or value is \(\bf 5 \to a_1\)