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Sequence and Series - (AP and GP)
Sequence and Series - (AP and GP)
Progressions
In this progression, for a given series, the terms used are the first term, the common
difference between the two terms and nth term.
Suppose, a1, a2, a3, ……………., an is an AP,
then; the common difference “ d ” can be obtained as;
d = a2 – a1 = a3 – a2 = ……. = an – an – 1
nth Term of an AP :
The formula for finding the n-th term of an AP is:
an = a + (n − 1) × d
Where
a = First term
d = Common difference
n = number of terms
an = nth term
Find the nth term of AP: 6, 13, 20, …., an, if the number of terms are 15.
For any progression, the sum of n terms can be easily calculated. For an AP, the sum of the
first n terms can be calculated if the first term and the total terms are known. The formula
for the arithmetic progression sum is explained below:
S = n/2[2a + (n − 1) × d]
Formula to find the sum of AP when first and last terms are given as follows:
Sum of all terms in a finite AP with the last term as ‘l’ = n/2(a + l)
Common Ratio:
Consider the sequence a, ar, ar^2, ar^3,……
First term = a
Second term = ar
Third term = ar^2
Similarly nth term, an = ar^n-1
Thus, Common ratio = (Any term) / (Preceding term)
For Example: r = t2 / t1 = ar / a = r
Sn = a[(r^n-1)/(r-1)] if r ≠ 1
Where,
a is the first term
r is the common ratio
n is the number of terms
If the first term is 10 and the common ratio of a GP is 3. Then write the first five terms of GP.
Find the sum of GP: 10, 30, 90, 270 and 810, using formula.
Where,
a, b, c, d are the values and n is the number of values present.
Where,
“a” is the first term of A.P
“d” is the common difference
“n” is the number of terms in A.P
For any two numbers, if A.M, G.M, H.M are the Arithmetic, Geometric, and Harmonic Mean
respectively, then the relationship between these three is given by
Determine the 4th and 8th term of the harmonic progression 6, 4, 3,…
a) 2(10(10^40 – 1) - 450)
b) 2/81(10(10^50 – 1) - 450)
c) 2(10(10^10 – 1) - 250)
d) 2(10(10^50 – 1) - 250)
a) 70
b) 60
c) 80
d) 65
a) 10 m
b) 20 m
c) 15 m
d) 17 m
a) -8
b) 8
c) -9
d) 12
a) 0
b) -8
c) 18
d) 77
a) 12
b) 16
c) 20
d) 25
a) 1995/32
b) 2015/32
c) 1875/6
d) 2335/32
a) 47 15/16
b) 37 5/16
c) 67 11/16
d) None
a) 125
b) 64
c) 216
d) 124
a) 85 13/25
b) 25 73/85
c) 83
d) None
a) 12
b) 14
c) 11
d) 10
a) 1100
b) 1150
c) 1050
d) 1250
a) 24745
b) 26745
c) 25745
d) None
a) 22
b) 21
c) 23
d) 24
a) 9
b) 12
c) 9
d) 6.4