a_n - a_k
d = ---------
n - k
$$d = \frac{- a_{k} + a_{n}}{- k + n}$$
$$a_{1} = d \left(n - 1\right) + a_{n}$$
(-1 + n)*(a_n - a_k)
a_1 = a_n - --------------------
n - k
$$a_{1} = a_{n} - \frac{\left(- a_{k} + a_{n}\right) \left(n - 1\right)}{- k + n}$$
a_2 - a_1
d = ---------
1
$$d = \frac{- a_{1} + a_{2}}{1}$$
a_2 - a_1
a_1 = a_2 - ---------*0
1
$$a_{1} = a_{2} - \frac{- a_{1} + a_{2}}{1} \cdot 0$$
$$d = \frac{-2 + 5}{1}$$
5 - 2
a_1 = 5 - -----*1
1
$$a_{1} = \left(-1\right) \frac{-2 + 5}{1} \cdot 1 + 5$$
$$d = 3$$
$$a_{1} = 2$$
n*(a_1 + a_n)
S = -------------
2
$$S = \frac{n \left(a_{1} + a_{n}\right)}{2}$$
15*(2 + 44)
S15 = -----------
2
$$S_{15} = \frac{15 \cdot \left(2 + 44\right)}{2}$$
$$S_{15} = 345$$