Finite Sequences

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Finite Sequences: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Arithmetic Progression, Arithmetico-geometric Progression, Geometric Progression (G.P.), Arithmetic Mean (A.M.) of n Numbers, Harmonic Progression (H.P.) and, Harmonic Mean (H.M.) of n Numbers

Important Questions on Finite Sequences

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If a,b-a,c-a are in GP and a=b3=c5 then a,b,c are in

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Find the harmonic mean of the following data: 2,4,5,11,14.

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Find the harmonic mean between a(1-ab) and a(1+ab).

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Find the harmonic mean between 7 and 9

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Four numbers are in A.P. If sum of numbers is 50 and largest number is four times the smaller one, then find the numbers.

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If three consecutive terms of A.P are 45,a,2, then find the value of a

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Make the following figures with match sticks and write down the number of match sticks required for each figure. Can you find a common difference in members of the list? Does the list of these numbers form an AP?

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If 18ab-3 are in A.P then a+b=

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Check the following list of numbers for an A.P. If they form an A.P.,  then find its common difference and write the next four terms.

a2a3a4a, .....

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Check the following list of numbers for an A.P. If any of them form an A.P., then find its common difference and write the next four terms.

281832, .....

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Find the first term a and common difference d for the following A.P.

3, -2, -7, -12, ...

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Find the first term a and common difference d for the following A.P.

1, -2, -5, -8, ...

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Find the first term a and common difference d for the following A.P.

32, 12, -12, -32, ...

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Find the first term a and common difference d for the following A.P.

-7, -9, -11, -13, ...

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Find the first term a and common difference d for the following A.P.

6, 9, 12, 15, ...

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The geometric mean of x1, x2, x3............xn is x and the geometric mean of y1, y2, y3.............yn is y. Which of the following is/are correct?

1 The geometric mean of x1y1, x2y2, x3y3........xnyn is xy

2 The geometric mean of x1y1, x2y2, x3y3,....xnyn is xy.

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Let α and β be two numbers where α<β . The geometric mean of these numbers exceeds the smaller number α by 12 and the arithmetic mean of the same numbers is smaller by 24 than the larger number β, then the value of |β-α| is

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Evaluate 1 +45 +725 +10125+ to infinite terms.

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Find the value up to infinity  214 .418 . 8116

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If 109+211108+3.112107++10119=k109,  then value of   k  is equal to