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To Find: First term and number of terms.

Given: $a_{2}=\frac{31}{4}, a_{31}=\frac{1}{2}$, and an $=\frac{-13}{2}$

Formula Used: $a_{n}=a+(n-1) d$

(Where $a=a_{1}$ is first term, $a_{2}$ is second term, $a_{n}$ is nth term and $d$ is common difference of given $\mathrm{AP}$ )

By using above formula, we have

$a_{2}=\frac{31}{4}=a+d$ and $a_{31}=\frac{1}{2}=a+(31-1) d$

On solving both equation, we get

$a=8$ and $d=-0.25$

Now an $=\frac{-13}{2}=8+(n-1)(-0.25)$

On solving the above equation, we get

N = 59

So the First term is equal to 8 and the number of terms is equal to 59.