Tutorial Sequence and Series 1. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are k-3, 2k-3, k+1.

Find the value of k. 2. Given an arithmetic progression -12, -9, -6, -3, , find the greatest value of n such that the nth term is smaller than 200. 3. The fourth term and ninth term of an arithmetic progression are 9 and 29 respectively. Find the first term and the common difference. 4. Given an arithmetic progression 21, 18, 15, 12, find the sum from seventh term to the eighteenth term. 5. Given an arithmetic progression 21, 18, 15, 12, find the value of n for which the sum of the first n terms is -81. 6. The first and last terms of an arithmetic progression are -4 and 18 respectively and the sum of the series is 168. Find the number of terms. 7. Given a geometric progression 3, 12, 48, 192, find the smallest value of n such that the nth term is greater than 180000. 8. The third term and sixth term of a geometric progression are 108 and 2916 respectively. Find the first term and the common difference. 9. Given a geometric progression 3, 12, 48, 192, find the value of n for which the sum of the first n terms is 65535. 10. Given a geometric progression 3, 12, 48, 192, find the smallest value of n such that the sum of the first n terms is greater than 2000.