CLASS: XI DPP-42
1. Given a = –2, d = 4 and s = 160, find n.
2. How many terms of the series 12, 16, 20, … must be taken to make 208?
3. In an A.P. the third term is four times the first term, and the sixth term is 17; find the series.
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4. The 2nd, 31st and last terms of an A.P. are 7 , and −6 respectively; find the first term and the
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number of terms.
5. The 4th, 42nd, and last terms of an A.P. are 0, –95 and –125 respectively; find the term and the number
of terms.
6. A man arranges to pay off a debt of £3600 by 40 annual instalments, which form an arithmetic series.
When 30 of the instalments are paid he dies leaving a third of the debt unpaid; find the value of the first
instalment.
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7. Between two numbers whose sum is 2 an even number of arithmetic means is inserted; the sum of
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these means exceeds their number by unity : how many means are there?
8. The sum of n terms of series 2,5,8, … is 950; find n.
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9. Sum the series , , , to n terms.
1+ x 1 − x 1− x
10. If the sum of 7 terms is 49, and the sum of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of n terms.
11. If the pth , qth , r th terms of an A.P. are a, b, c respectively, show that (q –r)a + (r – p)b + (p – q)c = 0.
12. The sum of p terms of an A.P. is q, and the sum of q terms is p; find the sum of p + q terms.
13. The sum of four integers in A.P. is 24; and their product is 945; find them.
14. Divide 20 into four parts which are in A.P., and such that the product of the first and fourth is to the
product of the second and third in the ratio of 2 to 3.
15. The pth term of an A.P. is q, and the qth term is p; find the mth term.
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16. How many term of the series 9,12,15, … must be taken to make 306?
17. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is 2n + 3n2, find the rth term.
18. If the sum of m terms of an A.P. is to the sum of n terms as m2 to n2, show that the mth term is to the nth
term as 2m – 1 is to 2n – 1.
19. Prove that the sum of an odd number of terms in A.P. is equal to the middle term multiplied by the
number of terms.
20. If S = n(5n – 3) for all values of n, find the pth term.
21. The number of terms in an A.P. is even; the sum of the odd terms is 24, of the even terms 30, and the
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last term exceeds the first by 10 ; find the number of terms.
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22. There are two sets of numbers each consisting of 3 terms in A.P. and the sum of each set is 15. The
common difference of the first set is greater by 1 than the common difference of the second set, and
the product of the first set is to the product of the second set as 7 to 8; find the numbers.
23. Find the relation between x and y in order that the rth mean between x and 2y may be the same as the
rth mean between 2x and y, n means being inserted in each case.
24. If the sum of an A.P. is the same for p as for q terms, show that its sum for p + q terms is zero.
ANSWER KEY
1. 10 or –8 2. 8 or –13 3. 2, 5, 8, … 4. First term 8, number of terms 59
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5. First term 7 , number of terms 54 6. Instalments £51, £53, £55, …
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7. 12 8. 25 9. (2 + n − 3 x ) 10. n2 .
2(1 − x)
12. –(p + q) 13. 3, 5, 7, 9. [Assume for the numbers a – 3d, a – d, a + d, a + 3d.]
14. 2, 4, 6, 8 15. p+q–m 16. 12 or – 17 17. 6r – 1
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20. 10p – 8 21. 8 terms. Series 1 , 3, 4 , 22. 3, 5, 7; 4, 5, 6
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23. ry = (n + 1 – r)x
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