An arithmetic progression has a positive first term and a positive common difference

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Problem

An arithmetic progression has a positive first term and a positive common difference. In not more than two sentences, explain whether the sum of its first nn terms grows linearly, quadratically, or exponentially with respect to nn, and give a brief reason.

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