b.Find the seventeenth term of an Arithmetic Progression, whose 9th and 15th term are 19 and 37 respectively.

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Xn = a + d (n-1)

19 = a + d(8)
37 = a + d(15)
------------subtract to eliminate a

solve for d
solve for a

X17 = a + d (16)