Consider the sequence

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Problem

24, 23\frac{1}{4}, 22\frac{1}{2}, \dots

(1) Which term of the sequence is

-36

? (2) Find the value of

u_{35}

. (3) Find

S_{40}

, the sum of the first 40 terms of the sequence.