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Let a_1,a_2,… ,a_10 be an A.P. with common difference -3 and b_1,b_2,… ,b_10 be a G.P. with common ratio 2. Let _k=a_k+b_k,k=1,2,… ,10. If _2=12 and…

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Let a1,a2,…,a10{a}_{1},{a}_{2},\ldots ,{a}_{10}a1​,a2​,…,a10​ be an A.P.A.P.A.P. with common difference −3-3−3 and b1,b2,…,b10{b}_{1},{b}_{2},\ldots ,{b}_{10}b1​,b2​,…,b10​ be a G.P.G.P.G.P. with common ratio 2.2.2. Let ck=ak+bk,k=1,2,…,10.{c}_{k}={a}_{k}+{b}_{k},k=1,2,\ldots ,10.ck​=ak​+bk​,k=1,2,…,10. If c2=12{c}_{2}=12c2​=12 and c3=13,{c}_{3}=13,c3​=13, then ∑k=110ck\displaystyle \sum _{k=1}^{10}{c}_{k}k=1∑10​ck​ is equal to ______.

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