Concepts discussed on May 19, 2018
Arithmetic - Progressions
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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.?
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The sum of three terms in A.P. is –6 and the product is 26, find the common difference of this sequence.
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The sum up to n terms of an A.P. is 2n2 + n, what is the 12th term of this A.P.?
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If Sn = n3 – 2n2 + 4n + 3 and tk = 27, find k.
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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.
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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.?
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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.?
- 128
- 512
- 96
- 64
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An infinite G.P. has as its first term a and sum = 8. What is the range of values ‘a’ can take?
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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.
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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.
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a, b, c and d are in A.P., What can we say about terms bcd, acd, abd and abc?
- They are also in A.P.
- They are in H.P.
- They are in G.P.
- They are not in an A.P.,G.P., or H.P.