GYAN BHARTI SCHOOL
APPLIED MATH ASSIGNMENT- SS1
TOPIC- ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS
DATE OF UPLOADING: 28.04.2024 DATE OF DISCUSSION: 03.05.2024
Q 1. Find:
(i) 10th term of the A.P. 1,4,7,10,... (ii) 18th term of the A.P. 2,3 2,5 2 …..
(iii) nth term of the A.P, 13,8,3, -2,...
Q 2. If the sequence < an > is an A.P., show that
am + n + am - n = 2am.
Q 3. (i) Which term of the A.P. 3,8,13, ...is 248? (ii) Which term of the A.P. 84, 80,76,... is 0 ?
(iii) Which term of the A.P. 4,9,14,... is 254 ?
Q 4. (i) Is 68 a term of the A.P. 7,10,13,... ? (ii) Is 302 a term of the A.P. 3,8,13,... ?
Q 5. (i) Which term of the sequence 24, 231/4, 221/2,213/4 ... is the first negative term ?
(ii) Which term of the sequence 12 + 8i, 11 +6i, 10 + 4i, ... is (a) purely real (b) purely imaginary ?
Q 6. (i) How many terms are there in the A.P. 7,10,13,... 43 ?
5 2 1 10
(ii) How many terms are there in the A.P. −1, − , − , − ,... ?
6 3 2 3
Q 7. The first term of an A.P. is 5, the common difference is 3 and the last term is 80; find the number of
terms.
Q 8. The 6th and 17th terms of an A.P. are 19 and 41 respectively, find the 40th term.
Q 9. If 9th term of an A.P. is zero, prove that its 29th term is double the 19th term.
Q 10. If 10 times the 10th term of an A.P. is equal to 15 times the 15th term, show that 25th term of the
A.P, is zero.
Q 11. The 10th and 18th terms of an A.P. are 41 and 73 respectively. Find 26th term.
Q 12. In a certain A.P. the 24th term is twice the 10th term. Prove that the 72nd term is twice the 34th term.
Q 13. If (m + 1)th term of an A.P. is twice the (n + l)th term, prove that (3m + l)th term is twice the (m + n
+ 1)th term.
Q 24. If the nth term of the A.P. 9,7,5,... is same as the nth term of the A.P. 15,12,9 .. find n.
Q 15. Find the 12th term from the end of the following arithmetic progressions:
(i) 3,5,7,9, ...201 (ii) 3,8,13,..., 253 (iii) 1,4,7,10,..., 88.
Q 16. How many terms are there in the A.P. whose first and fifth terms are -14 and 2 respectively and the
sum of the terms is 40 ?
Q 17. The sum of first 7 terms of an A.P. is 10 and that of next 7 terms is 17. Find the progression.
Q 18. The third term of an A.P is 7 and the seventh term exceeds three times the third term by 2. Find the
first term, the common difference and the sum of first 20 terms.
Q 19. The first term of an A.P. is 2 and the last term is 50. The sum of all these terms is 442. Find the
common difference.
Q 20. The number of terms of an A.P. is even; the sum of odd terms is 24, of the even terms is 30, and the
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last term exceeds the first by 10 , find the number of terms and the series.
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APPLICATIONS OF AP:
Q 1. A man saved Rs 16500 in ten years. In each year after the first he saved Rs 100 more than he did in
the receding year. How much did he save in the first year 1
Q 2. A man saves Rs 32 during the first year, Rs 36 in the second year and in this way he increases his
savings by Rs 4 every year. Find in what time his saving will be Rs 200,
Q 3. A man arranges to pay off a debt of Rs 3600 by 40 annual instalments which form an arithmetic
series. When 30 of the instalments are paid, he dies leaving one-third of the debt unpaid, find the
value of the first instalment.
Q 4. A manufacturer of radio sets produced 600 units in the third year and 700 units in the seventh
year. Assuming that the product increases uniformly by a fixed number every year, find (i) the
production in the first year (ii) the total product in 7 years and (iii) the product in the 10th year.
Q 5. There are 25 trees at equal distances of 5 metres in a line with a well, the distance of the well from
the nearest tree being 10 metres. A gardener waters all the trees separately starting from the well and
be returns to the well after watering each tree to get water for the next. Find the total distance the
gardener will cover in order to water all the trees.
Q 6. A man Is employed to count Rs 10710. He counts at the rate of Rs 180 per minute
for half an hour. After this he counts at the rate of Rs 3 less every minute man the preceding minute.
Find the time taken by him to count the entire amount.
Q 7. A piece of equipment cost a certain factory Rs 600,000. If it depreciates in value, 15% the first,
13.5% the next year, 12% the third year, and so on. What will be its value at the end of 10 years, ail
percentages applying to the original cost ?
Q 8. A farmer buys a used tractor for Rs 12000. He pays Rs 6000 cash and agrees to pay the balance in
annual instalments of Rs 500 plus 12% interest on the unpaid amount. How much the tractor cost
him?
Q 9. Shamshad Ali buys a scooter for Rs 22000. He pays Rs 4000 cash and a grees to pay
the balance in annual, instalments of Rs 1000 plus 10% interest on the unpaid amount. How much
the scooter will cost him.
ANSWERS
1. (i) 28 (ii) 35 2 (iii) -5N + 18 3. (i) 50 (ii) 22 (iii) 51 4. (i) No (ii) No 5. (i) 34th (ii) (a) 5 (b) 13
6. (i) 13 (ii) 27 7. 26 8. 87 11. 105 14.7 15. (i) 179 (ii) 198 (iii) 55
16.10 17. a = 1, d = 1/7
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18. -1,4,740 19. 3 20. 8 terms, 1 ,3, 4 ,...
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APPLICATIONS
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