ZERO LEVEL Arithmetic Progression-01

1. Write the first five terms of the sequence using the 6. Find the 10th term of the sequence, whose sum to n
given rule :
terms is 6n 2  7 .
(i) an  2n (ii) an  3n  2 7. Find the first five terms of the sequence, given

(iii) an  n 2  5 (iv) an  (n  1)(n  1) a1  1, an  an 1  2 , n  2

8. Find the 18th and 25th terms of the sequence defined

( 1)n 1 by :
(v) an 
n3
 n(n  2), if n is an even natural number
2n 1 
 1  1
2n an   4n
, if n is odd natural number
(vi) an        2
 2  2 n 1

2. Write the first four terms of the sequence, whose nth 9. Find the first five terms of the sequence, given
term is given by : a1  2, a2  3  a1 and an  2an 1  5 for n > 2.

2n  1 n2  1 10.
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Consider the sequence defined by an  an  bn  c .
(i) (ii)
2n  1 n
If a2  3, a4  13 and a7  113 , show that
2n
(iii) (iv) sinn 30 3an  17n 2  87n  115 .
n2
11. Show that the sequence, whose nth term is given by the
n
n n 1 n following forms an A.P :
(v) ( 1) sin (vi) ( 1) cos
2 4
(i) 4n  3 (ii) 2  3n (iii) n  15
3. Find an expression for the nth term of an infinite
sequence, whose first four terms are : 12. Show that the sequence, whose nth term is given by :

1 1 1 3 5 7 9 1
(i)
(i) 1, , , (ii) , , , 2n  1
4 9 16 2 4 6 8
(iii) 3, 15, 35, 63 (iv) 5, 17, 37, 65 1
(ii) 2
1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 n 1
(v) , , , (vi) , , ,
2 3 4 5 2 6 12 20 (iii) n 3  1 does not represent an A.P..
4. In each case, the first terms of a sequence and a 13. Show that the following sequences represent an A.P.
recursion formula for succeeding terms are given. If
n  {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} , write the sequence : 5 2 8 2
(i) 2, , , ......
2 2
(i) a 1  2 , a n  1  a 1 (ii) a1  1, an 1  3an
(ii) 1  x 2 , 1, 1  x 2, .....
1
(iii) a1  , an 1  ( 1)n 1an x  y 3 x  2y 5 x  3 y
2 (iii) , , , .....
x  2y x  2y x  2y
(iv) a1  3, an 1  (an  2)2
1 1 1
(iv) , , ,....
1 1 x 1 x 1 x
(v) a1  5, an 1 
( an )
14. Obtain the 10th term of the A.P.
1 (i) 11, 15, 19, .....
(v) a1  2, a2  3, an  (an 1  an  2 ) (ii) – 4, –7, – 10, ....
3
5. Find the 20th term of the sequence, whose (iii) 3  5 , 2  5 , 1  5 , ......

3 n
Sn  (3  1) .
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 7 5 25. If a, b, c are in A.P., prove that (a  c )2  4( b 2  ac ) .
(iv) 3, , , .....
3 3
26. The 4th and 54th terms of an A.P. are 64 and – 61
15. Find the respectively. Find its 23rd term.
1 7 27. An A.P. consists of 60 terms. If the first term and last
(i) 11th term from the end of the A.P. , 2, , 5, ....., 44
2 2 terms be 7 and 125 respectively. Find the 34th term.

7 5 28. The sum of the 4th and 8th terms of an A.P. is 24 and the
(ii) 6th term from the end of the A.P. 3, , , .....,  21 sum of the 6th and 10th terms is 34. Find the first four
3 3
terms of the A.P.
16. Find the value of k, so that
29. If ( p  1)th term of an A.P. is twice the (q  1)th term,
(i) 8 k  4, 6k  8 and 2k  9 are in A.P..
prove that the (3 p  1)th term is twice the ( p  q  1)th
3 19 term.
(ii) , k and k are in A.P..
5 14 30. How many numbers of two digits are divisible by 7?
17. Which term of the arithmetic progression
31. The first and the last terms of an A.P. are a and 
(i) 100, 90, 80, ...... is 0. respectively. Show that the sum of nth term from the
(ii) 1, 4, 7, ..... is 142. beginning and nth term from the end is (a   ) .
(iii) –5, –10, –15, ..... is –200
32. (i) Show that the sequence
11 12 13 log( ab ), log( ab 2 ) , log ab 3 , ..... is an A.P. Find its
s nth
(iv) , , , ..... is 16.
4 4 4 term.
18. Let t n be the nth term of the arithmetic progression, if
 a2   a3 
(ii) Show that the sequence log a, log   , log


 b2  ,
(i) t 6  27 and t12  48 , find t 20 .  b   
 a4 
 
log  3  , ..... forms an A.P..
(ii) t 7  7 and t9  10 , find t3 .
b 

(iii) t3  8  2 3 and t10  8  19 3 , find t 25 .  7

33. If log3 2, log3 (2 x  5) and log3  2x   are in A.P., find
 2
t4 2 t6
(iv) t  3 , find t x.
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34. For what values of a do there exist values of x, such that
19. If the sequence {an } is an A.P., show that a
51 x  51 x , , 25 x  25  x are three consecutive terms
am  n  am  n  2am . 2
of an A.P.
3 1 35. Three numbers are in A.P. If the sum of these numbers
20. The 2nd, 31st and last terms of an A.P. are 7 , and
4 2 is 27 and the product is 648, find the numbers.
1 36. The sum of three consecutive terms of an A.P. is 21. If
6 respectively. Find the first term and the number
2 the sum of the squares of these terms is 165, find these
of terms. terms.
21. If 9th term of an A.P. is zero, prove that 29th term is 37. Find four numbers in A.P. such that their sum is 24 and
double the 19th term. their product is 945.
22. In a certain A.P., the 24th term is twice the 10th term.
38. Find four numbers in A.P., such that their sum is 50 and
Prove that the 72th term is twice the 34th term.
greatest of them is 4 times the least.
23. If 7 times, the 7th term of an A.P. is equal to 11 times its
11th term, show that the 18th term of the A.P. is zero. 39. The angles of a quadrilateral are in A.P. whose common
difference is 10°. Find the angles.
24. The 4th term of an A.P. is three times the first and the 7th
term exceeds twice the third term by 1. Find the first 40. There are four numbers in A.P., the sum of the two
term and the common difference. extremes is 8 and the product of the middle two is 15.
What are the numbers?

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