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Concepts discussed on May 19, 2018

Arithmetic - Progressions

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    Medium Questions

  1. If 4 times the 4th term of an A.P. is equal to 9 times the 9th term of the A.P., what is 13 times the 13th term of this A.P.?

  2. The sum of three terms in A.P. is –6 and the product is 26, find the common difference of this sequence.

  3. The sum up to n terms of an A.P. is 2n2 + n, what is the 12th term of this A.P.?

  4. If Sn = n3 – 2n2 + 4n + 3 and tk = 27, find k.

  5. The product of the first 5 terms of a G.P. is 32. The sum of the first and third terms is 5. Find the 7th term of this G.P.

  6. The sum of first three terms of a GP is 19, the sum of the next three terms is 57. What is the sum of the first 12 terms of this G.P.?

  7. The sum of three terms in a G.P. is 14, and the sum of their squares is 84. Which of the following is a possible value of the product of the first 4 terms of this G.P.?

    1. 128
    2. 512
    3. 96
    4. 64
  8. Tough Questions

  9. An infinite G.P. has as its first term a and sum = 8. What is the range of values ‘a’ can take?

  10. Consider a sequence of positive integers where (an)2 = an-1 × an+1. The sum of the 4th, 5th and 6th terms is 112 and the product of the 1st three terms is 64. Find the sum up to 5 terms of this sequence.

  11. A, B, C are three terms in G.P. that add up to 39. A, B + 6 and C are in AP. If A × B2 > C, find the product of A and C.

  12. a, b, c and d are in A.P., What can we say about terms bcd, acd, abd and abc?

    1. They are also in A.P.
    2. They are in H.P.
    3. They are in G.P.
    4. They are not in an A.P.,G.P., or H.P.

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