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TMUA 2020 · Paper 2 · Question 14

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An arithmetic sequence has first term and common difference , where and are non-zero integers.

Property P is:

For some positive integer , the sum of the first terms of the sequence is equal to the sum of the first terms of the sequence.

For example, when and , the sequence has property P, because

i.e. the sum of the first 4 terms equals the sum of the first 8 terms.

Which of the following statements is/are true?

I For to have property P, it is sufficient that .

II For to have property P, it is necessary that is even.