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EXERCISE

CHAPTER FIVE
ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
EXERCISES

2. The sum of the third and the seventh terms of an AP is 6 and their product is 8. Find
the sum of first sixteen terms of the AP.

Solution:
We know that the n th term of an Arithmetic Progression, whose
First term = a
and Common Difference = d
is given by
an = a + (n - 1 ) d
∴ a3 = a + (3 - 1 ) d = a + 2 d
a 7 = a + ( 7 - 1 ) d = a + 6d
The sum of the third and the seventh terms of an AP is 6
⇒ a 3 + a 7 = ( a + 2 d ) + ( a + 6d ) = 6
⇒ 2 a + 8d = 6
⇒ a + 4d = 3
⇒ a = 3 − 4d

and the product of the third and the seventh terms of that AP is 8.
⇒ a 3 × a 7 = ( a + 2 d ) × ( a + 6d ) = 8
⇒ ( a + 2 d ) × ( a + 6d ) = 8
⇒ ( 3 − 4d + 2 d ) × ( 3 − 4d + 6d ) = 8
⇒ ( 3 − 2d ) × ( 3 + 2d ) = 8
⇒ 9 − 4d 2 = 8
⇒ 4d 2 = 9 − 8 = 1

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1
⇒ d2 =
4
1
⇒d =±
2
1 1
d = ⇒ a = 1 and d = − ⇒ a = 5
2 2
Now to Find the sum of first sixteen terms of the AP:
We know that the sum of n terms of an AP whose
First Term = a
and Common Difference = d
is given by
n
Sn = [ 2a + (n − 1)d ]
2
16
⇒ S16 = [ 2a + (16 − 1)d ] = 8 [ 2a + 15d ]
2
1
Whend = ; a = 1
2
 1  15  19
S16 = 8 [ 2a + 15d ] = 8  2.1 + 15.  = 8  2 +  = 8. = 76
 2  2 2
1
Whend = − ; a = 5
2
  1   15  5
S16 = 8 [ 2a + 15d ] = 8  2.5 + 15.  −   = 8 10 −  = 8. = 20
  2   2 2

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