Arithmetic Progression

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Arithmetic Progression: Overview

This topic discusses the definition and properties of an AP. It derives the formula for the last term and the sum of the series. Next, the derivations for arithmetic mean are proved elaborative and solved examples.

Important Questions on Arithmetic Progression

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For each positive integer k , let S k denote the increasing arithmetic sequence of integers whose first term is 1 and whose common difference is k . For example,  S 3 is the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10 .............. . Find the number of values of k for which S k contain the term 361 .

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If b2,a2,c2 are in AP then a+b, b+c,c+a will be in 

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Let the sets A=2, 4, 6, 8 and B=3, 6, 9,12 such that nA=200 and  nB=250. If nAB=k, then k100 is equal to

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If a,b,c are in A.P. and A,B,C are in G.P. (common ratio 1 ), then which of the following is/are correct?

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For the given sequence 10,18,26,32,   the number 5050 is the:

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The sum of n terms of a series is given by Sn=4n2+6n. Then the nature of the given series is :

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If a, b and c are positive real numbers satisfying the equation 259a2+b2+9c2-15(5ab+bc+3ca)=0 and c-ab-a=λ. Then 5λ is

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The sum of the first and third term of an arithmetic series is 12 and the product of first and second term is 24, then first term is

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In an ordered set of four numbers, the first 3 are in A.P. and the last 3 are in G.P., whose common ratio is 7 4 . If the product of the first and fourth of these numbers is 49, then the product of the second and third of these is:

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If p, q, r, s, t and u are in AP, then difference (t-r) is equal to

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If the sides of the triangle ABC are in A.P. and the greatest angle is double the smallest. The ratio of the sides of triangle ABC is

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If the sides of the right angled triangle are in A.P., then the sum of sines of the two acute angles is

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In a ABC angles A,B,C are in increasing A.P. and sinB+2C= -12  then A = ?

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Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is 100 and the sum of whose first six terms is five times the sum of next six terms.

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In a set of four numbers, if first three terms are in G.P. and the last three terms are in A.P.   with common difference 6, then sum of the four numbers, when the first and the last terms are equal is?

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In an arithmetic progression consisting of positive terms each term equals the sum of the next two terms. First term =a. then the common difference of its progression is equals to?

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A person has to count the 4500 currency notes. Let a0 be the number of notes he counts in the  nth minute. If a1=a2==a10=150, and the terms a10,a11, are in A.P with a common difference of -2, then the time taken by him to count all notes is (minutes)

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If the  2nd ,5th and 9th  terms of a non-constant A.P are in G.P then the common ratio of G.P is

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How many 3 digit number are divisible by 6 in all?

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Let x1, x2, x3.. be positive integers in AP such that x1+x2+x3=12 and x4+x5=14 then x7=