Arithmetic Progression

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Arithmetic Progression: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as arithmetic progression, common difference of an arithmetic progression, finite arithmetic progression, infinite arithmetic progression, and arithmetic mean (a.m.) of two numbers.

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   p,q,r are positive and are in A.P, and roots of the quadratic equation   p x 2 +qx+r=0 are real then 

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The seventh common term between the series 3+7+11+15+...... and 1+6+11+16+....... is T, then T-100 equals?

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A car covers a distance of 65 km in first hour of its journey, 55 km in second hour and 90 km in the last hour. Find the average speed of the car for the whole journey.

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A series has 6 consecutive odd numbers such that the last number of the series is one-third of 429. Find the arithmetic mean of the series.

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Find the arithmetic mean of three numbers such that the first number is 40% more than the second number and also 30% less than the third number. Third number is 50.

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The sum of odd integers from 1 to 2001 is

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Three numbers are in arithmetic progression. Their sum is 21 and the product of the first number and the third number is 45. Then the product of these three number is

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Let an,n1, be an arithmetic progression with first term 2 and common difference 4 . Let Mn be the average of the first n terms. Then the sum n=110Mn is

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Suppose the sum of the first m terms of an arithmetic progression is n and the sum of its first n terms is m where mn. Then, the sum of the first (m+n) terms of the arithmetic progression is
 

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If for an arithmetic progression, 9 times ninth term is equal to 13 times thirteenth term, then value of twenty-second term is

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If the sum of first n terms of an A.P. be 3n2-n and its common difference is 6, then its first term is
 

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The number of terms of the A.P. 3, 7, 11, 15 to be taken so that the sum is 406, is

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If the first term of an A.P. is 10, last term is 50 and the sum of all the terms is 300, then the number of terms are

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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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Which of the following is not an absolute measure of dispersion?

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In a race, the first four winners are to be awarded points .Each winner’s points must be 5 more than that of the next position winner. Total sum of the points to be awarded is 50. What will be the points for the third position winner?

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Four quantities are such that their arithmetic mean (A.M) is the same as the A.M of the first three quantities. The fourth quantity is:

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If 19th term of a non-zero A.P. is zero, then the value of a49a29 where an denotes the nth term of an A.P is:

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For how many days, the rainfall was less than the mean rainfall?