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Assignment 1 of AP

The document discusses properties and formulas related to arithmetic progressions (APs). Some key points covered include: 1) Finding terms of an AP given initial terms or the formula relating consecutive terms. 2) Determining whether terms of an AP are real or imaginary. 3) Expressing the pth term of an AP in terms of mth and nth terms. 4) Relations between sums of terms of an AP, including formulas involving the number of terms and constants. 5) Calculating sums of terms of APs using properties like the sum being equal to some expression involving n. The problems provided cover a wide range of techniques for working with APs, centered around identifying

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Assignment 1 of AP

The document discusses properties and formulas related to arithmetic progressions (APs). Some key points covered include: 1) Finding terms of an AP given initial terms or the formula relating consecutive terms. 2) Determining whether terms of an AP are real or imaginary. 3) Expressing the pth term of an AP in terms of mth and nth terms. 4) Relations between sums of terms of an AP, including formulas involving the number of terms and constants. 5) Calculating sums of terms of APs using properties like the sum being equal to some expression involving n. The problems provided cover a wide range of techniques for working with APs, centered around identifying

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LEARNING TODAY IMPLIES LEADING TOMORROW

TOPIC – A.P (M) – 9417968165/9888668165

BASED ON NTH TERM


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1. (i) Write the first five terms of 𝑡1 = 3, 𝑡2 = 2, 𝑡𝑛 = (𝑡𝑛−1 + 𝑡𝑛−2 ), 𝑛 ≥ 3.
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𝑎𝑛+1
(ii) Find for n = 1, 2,3,4,5 if 𝑎1 = 1, 𝑎2 = 1, 𝑎𝑛 = (𝑎𝑛−1 + 𝑎𝑛−2 ), 𝑛 > 2
𝑎𝑛

2.(i) Which term of the A.P 8-6i,7-4i,6-2i ……… is (a) purely real (b) purely
imaginary?
1 2 3
(ii) Which term of sequence 17, 165 , 155 , 145 is its first negative term? Is zero a term of this
sequence?
3. (i) If mth term of an AP is n and the nth term is m (m≠ 𝑛) , find its pth term.
(ii) If m times the mth term of an AP is equals to n times the nth term (m≠ 𝑛) prove that the
(m+n) th term of the A.P is 0.

4. (i) If pth , qth , rth terms of an A.P be x , y , z respectively show that x(q-r) + y(r-p) + z (p-
q) = 0.
(ii) The pth , qth , rth terms of an A.P be x , y , z respectively. Prove that p(y-z) + q (z-x) + r
(x-y) = 0.
5. Show that sum of (m+n)th term and (m-n)th term of an A.P is twice the mth term.
1 1
6. (i) The mth term of an A.P is and nth term is . Find the (mn)th term.
𝑛 𝑚
1 1
(ii) The mth term of an A.P is 𝑛 and nth term is 𝑚 then show that the sum of mn terms is
1
(𝑚𝑛 + 1)
2
(iii) If 2nd, 31st and last terms of an A.P are 31/4, ½ and -13/2 respectively, find the first term
and number of terms.
7. Find k so that 4k+8, 2𝑘 2 +3k+6, 3𝑘 2 +4k+4 are in A.P?
8. If 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , … … . . 𝑎𝑛 are in A.P where 𝑎𝑖 > 0 for all i, show that
1 1 1 𝑛−1
+ + ⋯………..+ =
√𝑎1 + √𝑎2 √𝑎2 + √𝑎3 √𝑎𝑛−1 + √𝑎𝑛 √𝑎1 + √𝑎𝑛
9. If 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , … … . . 𝑎𝑛 are in A.P of non-zero terms, prove that
1 1 1 𝑛−1
+ + ⋯……………+ =
𝑎1 𝑎2 𝑎2 𝑎3 𝑎𝑛−1 𝑎𝑛 𝑎1 𝑎𝑛
𝑝2 𝑝3 𝑝4
10. Show that log 𝑞 , log 𝑞2 , log 𝑞3 …………. are in A.P.

11. How many two digit numbers are divisible by 7?

ANSWERS : 1.(i) 3,2,5/2,9/4,19/8 (ii) 1,2,3/2,5/3,8/5 2(i) 4th , 9th (ii) 23rd , no 3(i) m+n-p 6(i)
1 11. 13
BASED ON SUM FORMULA

1. Find sum of all three digit numbers divisible by 7?


2. (i) How many terms of the A.P -6, -11/2 , -5, ……….. Are needed to give the sum -25?
Explain the double answer?
(ii) How many terms of the series 54 , 51 , 48 , …….. be taken so that their sum is 513?
Explain the double answer.
3. The sum of the first four terms of an A.P is 56. The sum of the last four terms is 112. If its
first term is 11 , find the number of terms.
4. If sum of n terms of an A.P is p n+q𝑛2 where p and q are constants, find the common
difference.
5. If sum of n terms of an A.P is 3𝑛2 + 5𝑛 and its mth term is 164, find the value of n.
6. Solve 1 + 6 + 11+ 16 + ………+ x = 148.
𝑎
7. The sum of the first p , q , r terms of an A.P are a , b , c respectively. Show that 𝑝 (𝑞 −
𝑏 𝑐
𝑟 ) + (𝑟 − 𝑝 ) + (𝑝 − 𝑞 ) = 0
𝑞 𝑟
8. Find sum of first 24 terms of the A.P. 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , ……… if it known that 𝑎1 + 𝑎5 + 𝑎10 +
𝑎15 + 𝑎20 + 𝑎24 = 225
9. The first terms of an AP is ‘a’ and the sum of the first p terms is zero show that the sum of
–𝑎(𝑝+𝑞)𝑞
its next q terms is 𝑝−1
10. If Sum of first m terms of an A.P is same as sum of its first n terms, show that sum of its
(m+n) terms is zero.
11. If first term of an A.P is 2 and sum of first five terms is equal to one – fourth of the sum
of next five terms then find the sum of its first 30 terms.

ANSWERS : 1. 70336 2. (i) 5 or 20 (ii) 3. 11 4. 2q 5. 27 6. 36 8. 900 11. -2550

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