Five consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence have a sum of 40

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Problem

Five consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence have a sum of 40. The product of the first, middle, and last terms is 224. Find the terms of the sequence.

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Arithmetic Progressions
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