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Arithmetic Progression, AP

Definition

Arithmetic Progression (also called arithmetic sequence), is a sequence of numbers such that the
difference between any two consecutive terms is constant. Each term therefore in an arithmetic
progression will increase or decrease at a constant value called the common difference, d.
Examples of arithmetic progression are:

2, 5, 8, 11,... common difference = 3

23, 19, 15, 11,... common difference = -4

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Let
= common difference
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= second term
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= third term
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= mth term or any term before Progression
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= nth term or last term Geometric Progression
Relationship Between Arithmetic Mean,
and so on.
Harmonic Mean, and Geometric Mean of
Two Numbers
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Derivation for the Sum of Arithmetic Progression, S

Equation (1)

Equation (2)

Add Equations (1) and (2)

Substitute to the above equation, we have

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Geometric progression (also known as geometric sequence) is a sequence of numbers where the ratio
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Given each term of GP as , expressing all these terms according to
the first term will give us... Formulas in Algebra
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Geometric Progression
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The sum in geometric progression (also called geometric series) is given by
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Equation (1) Differential Calculus
Multiply both sides of Equation (1) by will have Elementary Differential Equations
Equation (2) Engineering Mechanics
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$ S = \dfrac{a_1 (1 - r^{\, n})}{1 - r} $ Plane Trigonometry
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Subtracting Equation (1) from Equation (2) will give Google this site

This formula is appropriate for GP with

Sum of Infinite Geometric Progression, IGP

The number of terms in infinite geometric progression will approach to infinity ( ). Sum of infinite
geometric progression can only be defined at the range of inclusive.
From
$ S = \dfrac{a_1 (1 - r^{\, n})}{1 - r} $

For , the quantity for , thus,

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