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Arithmetic Sequences
Equations:
First term: f
Common difference: d
Nth term:
1
(a-common difference; a+b first term)
Common difference
Sum of sequence:
2
2
2
2
etc.
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Sample Questions
PROBLEM
1.
For an arithmetic sequence , the 8th term is 35 and the 11th
term is 47
a) Find 14th term
b) Find 5th term
c) To get the 17th term, how much is to be added to the 8th
term?
Answer
Common difference =d
8th term = 35
11th term = 47
8th term + 3d = 11th term
3d=11th term - 8th term = 47- 35= 12
a) 14th term = 11th term + 3d =47 + 12 = 59
b) 5th term = 8th term 3d =35-12 = 23
c) 17th term = 8th term + 9d
17th term = 8th term + 3 x12 = 8th term + 36
PROBLEM
2.
For the arithmetic sequence 22, 26, 30...
a) What is the common difference?
b) Find the 7th term
c) Will 50 be a term of this sequence? Why?
d) Can the difference between any two terms of this
sequence be 50? Justify your answer.
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a) Common difference d = 26 22 = 4
b) 10 th term is
22
7 1 4 = 46
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c) If any term of this sequence is divided by the common difference 4, the
remainder is 2. 50 divided by 4 gives remainder 2. So, 50 is a term of this
sequence
d) The difference between any two terms of an arithmetic sequence will
be the multiple of its common difference. Here, 50 is not a multiple of 4.
So, for this sequence, 50 cannot be the difference of two terms.
PROBLEM
3.
Consider the multiples of 7 in between 100 and 500.
a) What are the first and last numbers?
b) How many terms are ther in this sequence?
Answer
To get the first term, first find the remainder when 100 is divided by 7,
remainder is 2.
Then subtract 2 from 100 and add 7
So, 1st term 100-2+7 105
To get the last term, find the remainder when 500 is divided by 7,
remainder is 3.
Subtract 3 from 500
So, last term 500-3
497
b) Common difference,
497 7
105 7
n (497-98)/7 57
So, number of term 57
First term of an arithmetic sequence is 6 and sum of first two
terms is 10.
(a) Find Common difference
(b) Find the third term.
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First term a 6
Sum of first two terms 10
a+a+d 10
d 10-12 -2
Third term a3 a+2d 2
PROBLEM
5.
Examine whether 685 is a term of the arithmetic sequence 7,
29, 51 ? Give reason?
Answer
First term a = 7
Common difference d = 29 7 = 22
nth term = 685
a + (n-1)d = 685
7 + 22n - 22 = 685
n = 31.82
Thus 685 is not a term of the arithmetic sequence 7, 29, 51
Because n is not a whole number
PROBLEM
Answer
First term, f =205 and
Common difference d = 6
Let the nth term of the given AP be the first negative term.
Then,
xn < 0
f + (n-1) d < 0
205+ (n-1) x 6 < 0
205 + 6n - 6 < 0
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Which term of the sequence, 205,199 is the first negative
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6n > 199
n > 33.17
i.e., n 34
Thus, the 34 th term of the given sequence is the first negative term.
PROBLEM
7.
The 5th term of an arithmetic sequence is 34 and the
15th term is 9.
(a) Find the common difference
(b) Find the rth term of the arithmetic sequence.
Answer
According to the given information,
x5 = f + 4d = 34 and
x15 = f + 14d = 9
Solving the two equations, we get
f = 44
d = -2.5
Therefore, rth term = f + (r-1)d
= 44 -(r-1)2.5
= 46.5 - 2.5 r
PROBLEM
8.
Write the sequence got by adding 2 to the numbers got by
multiplying 5 to the natural numbers starting from 1.
(a) Check whether it is an Arithmetic sequence.
(b) Will 100 be a term of this sequence?
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Natural numbers starting from 1 are 1, 2, 3...
Multiplying with 5;
5, 10, 15...
Adding 2;
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7, 12, 17...
(a) This is an Arithmetic sequence with common difference 5.
(b) If any term of this sequence is divided by the common difference 5,
the remainder is 2.
100 divided by 5 gives remainder 0, not 2. So, 100 is not a term of this
sequence.
PROBLEM
9.
a) Write the arithmetic sequence with 1st term 7 and
common difference -2
b) Write the algebraic expression of this sequence.
c) Will -30 be a term of this sequence? Justify your answer.
Answer
a) 7, 5, 3...
b) xn = f + (n-1) d
= 7+ (n-1) -2 = -2n +9
c) Take -30 as the nth term. If we get n as a natural number, it will be a
term of the sequence.
-2n + 9 = -30
n = -39 / -2
n = 19.5
Here, n is not a natural number. So, -30 is not a term of this sequence.
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10. For an arithmetic sequence , the 8th term is 67 and the 18th
term is 147
a) Find the common difference
b) Find the sum of 1st term and the 25th term
c) Find 13th term
d) Find the sum of the first 25 terms.
PROBLEM
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Answer
a) Common difference,
18 8
(147-67)/(18-8)
80/10
8
b) 1st term + 25th term= 8th term + 18th term =67+147 = 214
c) 13th term = (12th term + 14th term)/2
= (1st term + 25th term)/2
= 214 / 2
= 107
d) Sum of the terms = Number of terms x Middle term
Sum of first 25 terms = 25 x 13th term
= 25 x 107
= 2675
PROBLEM
11. For what value of n, the nth terms of the arithmetic sequence 63,
65, 67 and 3, 10, 17 are equal?
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The first AP is 63, 65, 67
Here, f=63, d=2
Therefore xn=63 + (n-1)2
The second AP is 3, 10, 17
Here, f=3, d=7
Therefore, an= 3 + (n-1)7
Therfore,
63 + (n-1)2 = 3 + (n-1)7
60 = 5(n-1)
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n -1 = 12
n = 12+1 = 13
PROBLEM
12. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 5, 15, 25 ... will be
130 more than the 31st term?
Answer
Here, f = 5 and d = 10
x31= f + 30d = 5 + 30 x 10 = 305
Let the required term be the nth term. Then,
xn = 130 + x31
f + (n-1)d = 130+305
5 + (n-1)10 = 435
(n-1)10 = 430
n-1 = 43
n = 44
Hence, the 44th term of the given AP is 130 more than its 31st term.
PROBLEM
13. In an arithmetic sequence the first term is -4, the last term is
29 and the sum of all its term is 150. Find its common
difference.
Answer
f = -4, xn = 29, Sn = 150
Given that the last term is 29.
29 -4 + (n - 1)d
33 (n - 1)d
(1)
Also, given that the sum of all its term is 150.
150
2 4
1
n [-8 + 33]
[Using (1)]
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300 n (25)
n 12
So, from (1), we get: d = 3
PROBLEM
14. Find the sum of first 24 terms of the list of numbers whose
nth term is given by an= 3+2n.
Answer
xn= 3+2n
Now, put n=1,2,3
x1= 3+2(1) = 5
x2= 3+2(2) = 7
x3= 3+2(3) = 9
Thus, the terms of the AP are 5,7,9
Here, f = 5 and d = 2
2 5
24
2
12[10+46]
12 56
672
1 2
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-5, -8, -11, -230 forms an AP with f=-5, d=-8-(-5) =-3
Let -230 = xn = f+(n-1)d
= -5+(n-1)(-3)
-230 + 5 = (n-1)(-3)
n -1 = 75
n = 76
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[(-5) + (-230)]
38 (-235)
- 8930
PROBLEM
16. Find the sum of all two-digit odd positive numbers.
Answer
Two digit odd positive numbers are 11, 13, 15, ...., 99.
First term, f = 11
Common difference, d = 13 - 11 = 2
Last term, xn = l =99
Now,
xn f + (n - 1)d
99 11 + (n - 1)2
99 11 + 2n - 2
2n 90
n 45
2
45
11 99
2
2475
Thus, the sum of all two-digit odd positive numbers is 2475.
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Find the 8th term of an arithmetic sequence whose 15th term is
47 and the common difference is 4.
[19]
Find the 31st term of an arithmetic sequence whose 11th term is
38 and the 16th term is 73.
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The 10th term of an arithmetic sequence is 52 and 16th term is
82.
(a) Find the 32nd term
(b) Obtain the general term.
[x32 = 162, xn = 5n + 2]
Which term of the arithmetic sequence 3, 8, 13, 18 ... is 248?
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The 7th term of an arithmetic sequence is 4 and its 13th term is
16.
(a) What is common difference?
(b) Find the arithmetic sequence.
[-2; 8, 6, 4, ..... ]
The 17th term of an arithmetic sequence exceeds its 10th term by
7. Find the common difference.
[1]
If the 10th term of an arithmetic sequence is 52 and 17th term is
20 more than the 13th term, find the arithmetic sequence.
[7, 12, 17, 22.......]
The 9th term of an arithmetic sequence is equal to 7 times the
2nd term and 12th term exceeds 5 times the 3rd term by 2.
(a) Find the first term
(b) Find the common difference.
[a = 1, d = 6]
Find the middle term of an arithmetic sequence with 17 terms
whose 5th term is 23 and the common difference is 2.
[15]
Find 20th and 25th terms of an arithmetic sequence 2, 5,8,11
[59, 74]
For what value of n the nth term of the arithmetic sequence 23,
25, 27, 29 .and -17,-10,-3, 4 .are equal?
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The sixth term of an AP is -10 and tenth term is -26.Find its 15th
term.
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The angles of a triangle are in arithmetic sequence. If the greatest
angle equals the sum of the other two, find the angles.
[30, 60, 90]
Three numbers are in arithmetic sequence. If the sum of these
numbers is 27 and the product is 648, find the numbers.
[6, 9, 12]
Find sum of 1 + 3 + 5 + ....... to 50 terms.
[2500]
Find the sum of first 30 even natural numbers.
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The 10th term of an arithmetic sequence is 29 and and sum of the
first 20 terms is 610. Find the sum of the first 30 terms.
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How many terms of the arithmetic sequence 3, 5, 7, 9 must be
added to get the sum 120?
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The 3rd term of arithmetic sequence is 40 and 13th term is 0.
Find the common difference.
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The sum of three numbers of an AP is 15. Find its first term.
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