Arithmetic Progressions

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Arithmetic Progressions: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Arithmetic Progression (A.P.), Common Difference of an A.P., Mean & Arithmetic Mean (A.M.) of n Numbers etc.

Important Questions on Arithmetic Progressions

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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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Let an be nth term of the series 5+8+14+23+35+50+.......and Sn=k=1nak. Then S30-a40 is equal to 

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The number of elements in the set {n:10n100 and 3n-3 is a multiple of 7} is _______.

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The sum of all those terms, of the arithmetic progression 3, 8, 13, ..., 373, which are not divisible by 3, is equal to ________.

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If gcdm, n=1 and 12-22+32-42+....+20212-20222+20232=1012m2n then m2-n2 is equal to

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If n10,100 and nN, then how many such n are possible where 3n-3 is divisible by 7.

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If 3,8,13,.....373 is in AP then sum of terms which is not divisible by 3 is

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If 12-22+32-42+....-20222+20232=m2n where m,nN and m>19 then n-m2 is

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Let a1, a2, ..., an are in arithmetic progression having common difference d, then the value of limndn1a1+a2+1a2+a3+.....+1an-1+an is

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Sum of first 20 terms of the series 5, 11, 19, 29, 41 ............. is

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Three non-zero numbers a, b and c are in A.P. Increasing a by 1 or increasing c by 2, the numbers are G.P., then find b.

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In an Arithmetic Progression, sixth term is one more than twice the third term. The sum of the fourth and fifth terms is five times the second term. Find the tenth term of the Arithmetic Progression.

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If 1p+q, 1q+r and 1r+p are in AP, then 

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Find the three numbers a,b,c between 2 and 18 such that

(i) their sum is 25

(ii) the numbers 2,a,b are consecutive terms of an AP

(iii) the numbers b,c,18 are consecutive terms of GP

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Let a1,a2,a3,an be in A.P. and a3,a5,a8,b1,b2,b3,bn be in G.P. If a9=40, then the value of i=12ai2 is

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Six numbers are in A.P. such that their sum is 3. The first term is 4 times the third term. Then the fifth term is

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Find the summation upto nth term of the series 12-22+32-42+52.............

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Let an be an arithmetic sequence such that arithmetic mean of a1,a3,a5.a97,a99 is 1. Then the value of r=150-1r(r+1)2·a2r-1=

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If a,b,c are in A.P. and the equations b-cx2+c-ax+a-b=0 and 2c+ax2+b+cx=0 have a common root then