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nth term of an A.P.
1. If 6th and 11th term of an A.P. are respectively 17 and 32. Find the 20th term. [Ans. 59]
3. In an A.P. if , a2 + a5 – a3 = 10 and a2 + a9 = 17 then find the 1st term and the common
4. If pth, qth and rth term of an A.P. are a, b, and c, then prove that a(q – r) + b(r – p) + c(p – q) = 0
5. The first term of an A.P. is 5; the last is 45, and the sum of terms is 400. Find the number of terms
and the common difference. [Ans. n = 16, d = ]
6. The sum of first 3 terms of an A.P. is 27 and the sum of their squares is 293. Find Sn.
[Ans. Sn =
n (5n + 3) or n (33 – 5n)]
2 2
7. In an A.P. if tm =
1 and t = 1 then show that S = (mn+1)
n n
m mn
2
1 2
8. How many terms of the sequence, 20 + 19 +18 + ........ must be taken so that there sum is 300.
3 3
Explain the reason of double answer [Ans. 36 or 25]
9. The ratio of sum of n terms of two A.P.'s is 7n + 1: 4n + 27, find the ratio of their 11 th terms.
10. If S1, S2, S3, ...... Sp are the sums of n terms of 'p' arithmetic series whose first terms are 1, 2, 3,
4........ and common difference are 1, 3, 5, 7, ......; Prove S1 + S2 + S3 + ....... + Sp = np(np +1)
2
Properties of A.P.
12. The number of terms in an A.P. is even, the sum of the odd terms is 24, of the even terms is 30, and
1
the last term exceeds the first term by 1 0 . Find the number of terms.
2
13. Find the sum of all integers between 1 to 100 which are divisible by 2 or 3.
14. Find nth term of the sequence whose sum to n terms is 5n2 + 2n [Ans. Tn = 10n –3]
15. Find S = 1002 – 992 + 982 – 972 + 962 – 952 + ........ + 22 – 12 Ans= 5050.
CoPP_2 FIITJEE
Properties of A.P.
16. If a, b, c are in A.P. then prove that followings are also in A.P.
1 1 1 a b c
(a) , , , , are in A.P. (b) , , are in A.P.
b+c c +a a+ b b+c c +a a+ b
Arithmetic Mean
A3 2
19. If p arithmetic means are inserted between 5 and 41 so that the ratio = then find the value
A p−1 5
of p. [Ans. p = 11]
20. A number sequence a1, a2, a3 ....... an is such that a1 = 0 ; and | an | = | an – 1 + 1 | for n ≥ 2,
Prove that the arithmetic mean of a1, a2, ....... an is not less than −1 .
2
x 7
21. If log3 2, log3 (2 x - 5) & , log 3(2 − ) are in AP, determine x. [Ans: x = 3, IIT’90, 04]
2
( x – 1) (x – 2) ( x – 3) 1
22. Solve the equation + + +...+ =3 [Ans. x = 7]
x x x x
23. Find the condition that the roots of the equation x3 – px2 + qx – r = 0 may be in A.P. and hence
solve the equation x3 – 12x2 + 39x – 28 =0. [Ans. 2p3 – 9pq + 27r = 0, x = 1, 4, 7]
24. If the first 3 terms of an increasing A.P. are the roots of the cubic 4x3 – 24x2 + 23x + 18 = 0, then
1 1 1 1 2
+ + + … … .. =
a1 an a2 a n−1 a3 an−2 a n a1
a1 +¿a 2
[ 1 1
+ +… … .+
a1 a2
1
an
¿
]
27. Prove that √ 2 , √ 3 , √ 5 can not be the terms of an A.P. (not necessarily adjacent)
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Geometrical Progression
29. If pth, qth and rth terms of a G.P. are x, y and z respectively, prove that xq – r· yr – p· zp – q = 1
30. The sum of first 3 consecutive terms of a G.P. is 19 and their product is 216. Find Sn, also compute
32. The sum of an infinite number of terms of a G.P. is 15 and the sum of their squares is 45. Find the
series.
|∑ {
n n
33. ∑ δ rs 2r 3 s ( an elegant way of expressing a G . P . ) , where δ rs = 0 , if r ≠ s
r=1 s=1 1 ,if r =s
Properties of G.P.
34. (a) Use infinite series to compute the rational number corresponding to 0.423
35. Find the four successive terms of a G.P. of which the 2nd term is smaller than the first by 35 and the
3rd term is larger than the 4th by 560. [Ans. 7, – 28, 112, – 448]
36. If the pth, qth, rth, sth terms of an A.P. are in G.P. show that p – q, q – r , r – s are in G.P.
37. If S1, S2, S3,......Sp are sums of infinite G.P. whose first terms are 1, 2, 3, .......p, and common ratios
1 1 1 1 p
are , , ,… … …. , ,respectively. Prove that S1 + S2 + S3 + .......Sp = (p + 3).
2 3 4 p+ 1 2
Geometrical Mean
39. If A.M. of two numbers a and b is n times their GM then show that a : b = n+ √ n 2−4 :n−√ n2−4
40. If a, b, c are in G.P. and x, y are respectively the AM's between a, b and b, c then prove that
1 1 2 a c
+ = and + = 2
x y b x y
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Relation in A.M and G.M.
41. If x > 0, y > 0, z > 0 then prove that (x + y)(y + z)(z + x) ≥ 8xyz
42. Prove that a ∆ ABC is equilateral if and only tanA + tanB + tanC = 3 √ 3
10 4
3 2
2 3 2
43. If a + b + c = 3 and a, b, c > 0 then prove that a b c ≤ 7
7
−2
(a) 1 + 2x + 3x2 + 4x3 + ........... [Ans. ( 1−x ) ]
−3
(b) 1 + 3x + 6x2 + 10x3 + ............... [Ans. ( 1−x ) ]
4 7 10 35 12n+ 7 35
(a) 1+ + 2 + 3 + ........... [Ans. Sn = – n −1
; S∞ = ]
5 5 5 16 16.5 16
(b) 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + ......
5 15 45 135
[Ans. Sn =
3
5[ n+ 2
2− n ]
3 ]
3 33 333 3333
46. + 2 + 3+ 4 + .......... ∞
19 19 19 19
48. The value of positive integer n for which the quadratic equation
[ Ans 11]
50. Compute the sum of the series whose nth term is given by Tn = n(n + 1)(3n – 1)
( )( )
n
1 1 1 3 ( 2 n−1 )+ 1
54. 1+ 1+ + 1+ + 2 +........+n terms[ Ans . ]
3 3 3 4.3n−1
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Type -3 (Splitting the nth term as a difference of two)
1 1 1 1 1 1
55. + + + ...… … . [ Ans . S n= – ;S = ]
1.2.3 .4 2.3.4 .5 3.4 .5 .6 18 3(n+ 1)(n+ 2)(n+ 3) ∞ 18
1 1 1 3 4 5
56. + + + ...… … ∞ 57. + + +... … … .
1.3.5 3.5.7 5.7 .9 1.2.4 2.3 .5 3.4 .6
1 2 3 1 1.3 1.3 .5
58. + + +... … … . 59. + + +.... … , Find S n∧S∞
1.3 1.3 .5 1.3 .5.7 2.4 2.4 .6 2.4 .6 .8
Type-4
60. 1·2·3·4 + 2·3·4·5 + 3·4·5·6 + ........ up to n terms Ans. Sn = [n(n + 1)(n + 2)(n + 3)(n + 4)]
1 1 3
61. If the 3rd , 6th and last term of a H.P. are , , , find the number of terms. [Ans. 100]
3 5 203
mn
62. If mth term of an H.P. is n, and nth term is equal to m then prove that (m + n)th term is .
m+ n
63. If a1, a2, a3......an are in H.P. then prove that a1a2 + a2a3 + a3a4 + ...... + an–1·an = (n – 1)a1an
HARMONICAL MEAN
64. If ‘a’ is A.M. of ‘b’ and ‘c’ ; ‘b’ is G.M. of ‘c’ and ‘a’, then prove that ‘c’ is the H.M. of ‘a’ and ‘b’.
a−x a− y a−z
66. If = = and p, q, r are in A.P. then prove that x, y, z are in H.P.
px qy rz
68. If a, b, c are three distinct positive reals in H.P. then prove that an + cn > 2bn
p r a c
69. If a, b, c are in A.P., p, q, r are in H.P. and ap, bq, cr are in G.P. then prove that + = +
r p c a
70. Form a cubic equation A.M., G.M. and H.M. of whose roots are A, G and H respectively.
71. If a, b, c and d are in H.P. then prove that (i) a+d>b+c (ii) ad > bc