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Sum of Arithmetic Series

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# DarkCoder
def sum_of_series(first_term: int, common_diff: int, num_of_terms: int) -> float:
    """
    Find the sum of n terms in an arithmetic progression.

    >>> sum_of_series(1, 1, 10)
    55.0
    >>> sum_of_series(1, 10, 100)
    49600.0
    """
    total = (num_of_terms / 2) * (2 * first_term + (num_of_terms - 1) * common_diff)
    # formula for sum of series
    return total


def main():
    print(sum_of_series(1, 1, 10))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest

    doctest.testmod()