
The sum of the first terms, , of a particular arithmetic progression is given by . Find the first term and the common difference.

Important Questions on Series


An arithmetic sequence has first term and common difference . The sum of first terms is times the sum of the first five terms. Find in terms of .

An arithmetic sequence has first term a and common difference d. The sum of first 20 terms is 7 times the sum of the first five terms. Find the 65th term in terms of a.


The first term of an arithmetic progression is , and the second term is . Write down an expression, in terms of , for the fifth term of this progression.

The first term of an arithmetic progression is , and the second term is . Show that the sum of the first ten terms of this progression is .

The sum of the digits in the number is . Show that the sum of the digits of the integers from is .
