Work Sheet Ashifur Rahman Sir

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1. The third term of an arithmetic series is 10. And the ninth term is 46. Find:
(a). The common difference of the series.
(b). The first term of the series.
(c). The sum of the first 12 terms of the series.

2. The sum of the first 3 terms of an arithmetic series is 48 and the fifth term
is 37.

(a). Find the first term and the common difference of the series.
(b). Use your answer to (a) to calculate the sum of the first twenty terms of
the series.

3. The sum 𝑺𝒏 of the first 𝒏 terms of an arithmetic series is given by 𝑺𝒏 =

𝒏(𝟐𝒏 + 𝟏). For this series.

(a). Prove that the first term is 3.

(b). Find the common difference.
(c). Find the value of the 25th term.

4. Find ∑𝟐𝟎
𝐫=𝟕(𝟑𝐫 + 𝟓).
𝒏
5. (a). Show that ∑𝒏𝟏(𝟑𝒓 − 𝟒) = (𝟑𝒏 − 𝟓).
𝟐
(b). Hence or otherwise evaluate ∑𝟓𝟎
𝟏𝟏(𝟑𝒓 − 𝟒).
𝒏(
Given that, ∑𝟏 𝟑𝒓 − 𝟒) = 𝟏𝟖𝟔
(c). Find the value of 𝒏.

6. The seventh term of an arithmetic series is 6 and the eighteenth term is

𝟏
𝟐𝟐 𝟐. Calculate

(a). The common difference of the series.

(b). The first term of the series.
Given also that the sum of the first 𝒏 terms of the series is 252.
(c). Find the value of 𝒏.

7. The sum of the first 4 terms of an arithmetic series is 20 and the fifth term
is five times the second term. Given that the first term of the series is 𝒂 and
the common difference of the series is 𝒅,

(a). Form a pair of simultaneous equation in 𝒂 and 𝒅.

(b). Solve these equations to find 𝒂 and 𝒅.
(c). Find the sum of the first 40 terms of the series.
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8. The 15th term of an arithmetic series is 46. The sum of the first 20 terms is
650. Find:

(a). The common difference of the series.

(b). The first term of the series.
(c). The least number of terms for which the sum of the series is greater
than 1000.
Given that the series has 40 terms,
(d). Find the sum of the last 10 terms of the series.

9. The first three terms of an arithmetic series are 𝟒𝒑𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎, 𝟖𝒑 and 𝟒𝒑 + 𝟑
respectively.
(a). Find the two possible values of 𝒑.
(b). For each of the values of 𝒑 write down the first three terms of the
series.
Given also that, 𝒑 is positive and the 𝒏𝒕𝒉 term series is -93
(c). Find the value of 𝒏.

10. 𝒙𝟐 , (𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏) and (𝟕𝒙 + 𝟐), where 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎, are the second fourth and sixth term
respectively of an arithmetic series.

(a). Find the value of 𝒙.

(b). Find the common difference and the first term of the series.
(c). Calculate the sum of the first 20 terms of the series.

Answers
1. (a). 6; (b). -2; (c). 372
2. (a). 9, 7; (b). 1510
3. (b). 4; (c). 99
4. 637
5. (b). 3500 ; (c). 𝒏 = 𝟏𝟐
6. (a). 1.5; (b). -3; (c). 21
7. (a). 𝟐𝒂 + 𝟑𝒅 = 𝟏𝟎, 𝟒𝒂 + 𝒅 = 𝟎 ; (b). 𝒂 = −𝟏, 𝒅 = 𝟒 ; (c). 3080
8. (a). 3; (b). 4; (c). 26; (d). 1075
9. (a). 3.5, -0.5; (b). {39,28,17}, {-9,-4,1}; (c). 13
10. (a). 9; (b). 𝒅 = −𝟒, 𝒂 = 𝟖𝟓; (c). 940.