The sum of the first 10 terms of an arithmetic progression is 150

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Problem

The sum of the first 10 terms of an arithmetic progression is 150, while the sum of the next 10 terms (that is, from the 11th to the 20th term) is 600. (i) Find the first term and the common difference of the progression. (ii) Calculate the 25th term of this progression.

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