Chapter 7: Series

EXERCISE ONE: ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

For each of the following APs, find the common difference, d, (a) (c ) 11, 13, 15, . (b) (d) 9, 4, -1, .

x, 2x, 3x

x + y x y x 3y , , , ... 2 2 2

For the following APs, find the indicated terms. (a) (c )

4, 11, 18, ...; u5 and u11

(b) (d)

3, 3, 9, ...; u7 and u20 2, 15, 1, .....; u6 and u15

1 1 2 , , , ....; u5 3 2 3

and

u9

Find an expression for the nth term in each of the following APs. (a) (c )

2, 6, 10, ....

(b) (d)

13, 9, 5, ... 2.1, 3.5, 4.9, ...

1 2 7 , , , ... 6 3 6

4 5 6

In an AP, the third term is 4.4 and the tenth term is 10. Find the sixth term. The fifth and eight terms of an AP are p and q respectively. Show that the 20th term is 5q-4p.

x2 , 5x

and

If these terms are all positive and term of this AP. 7

7x 4

are three successive terms of an AP. Find the possible values of x

x2

is the second term, find the first term and the thirteenth

For each of these APs, find the indicated sums: (a)

9, 13, 17, .....; S6

and

S13

(b)

9.2, 5.8, 2.4, ....; S5

and

S20

An AP has first term 7 and common difference 4. If the sum of all its terms is 900, how many terms are there?

An AP has 20 terms. Its first term is 10 and the sum of all its terms is 580. Calculate the value of the last term and of the common difference.

10 The ninth term of an AP is 28 and the sum of its first 15 terms is 330. Find the sum of the first 10 terms.

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