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An arithmetic progression has first term a and common difference d. The sum of the first 100 terms is 25 times the sum of the first 20 terms. Find d in terms of a.

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An arithmetic progression has first term a and common difference d. The sum of the first 100 terms is 25 times the sum of the first 20 terms. Write down an expression, in terms of a , for the 50th term.

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The tenth term of an arithmetic progression is 17 and the sum of the first five terms is 190. Find the first term of the progression and the common difference.

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The tenth term of an arithmetic progression is 17 and the sum of the first five terms is 190. Given that the nth term of the progression is -19, find the value of n.

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The fifth term of an arithmetic progression is 18 and the sum of the first eight terms is 186 . Find the first term and the common difference.

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The first term of a geometric progression is 32 and the fourth term is 12. Find the sum to infinity of the progression.

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The seventh term of an arithmetic progression is 19 and the sum of the first twelve terms is 224 . Find the fourth term.

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A geometric progression has first term 3 and common ratio r. A second geometric progression has first term 2 and common ratio 15r. The two progressions have the same sum to infinity S. Find the value of r and the value of S.

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A geometric progression has first term a, common ratio r and sum to infinity S. A second geometric progression has first term 5a , common ratio 3r and sum to infinity 10S. Find the value of r.[Write your answer as decimal]