TEST 2

ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS

Q1) If the ratio of the sum of n terms of two APs is (7n+1): (4n+27), then find the ratio of their 11th
terms.

Q2) Divide 56 in four parts in AP such that the ratio of the product of their extremes to the product
of means is 5:6?

Q3) If 𝑝𝑡ℎ , 𝑞𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟 𝑡ℎ terms of an AP. a,b,c respectively , then show that r(a-b) + p(b-c) + q(c-a)=0.
1 1 1
Q4) 𝐼𝑓 𝑚 𝑡ℎ term of an AP is and the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term is , show that the sum of mn terms is (mn+1).
𝑛 𝑚 2

Q5) If is an AP, the sum of m terms is equal to n and the sum of n terms is equal to m, then prove
that the sum of(m+n) terms is –(m+n).

Q6) A circle with area 𝐴1 is contained in the interior of a larger circle with area 𝐴1+ 𝐴2 . If the radius
of the larger circle is 3 and 𝐴1, 𝐴2 , 𝐴1 + 𝐴2 are in A.P., what is the radius of the smaller circle?

Q7) The sum of the series 452 − 432 + 442 − 422 + 432 − 412 + 422 − 402 +…upto 30 terms.

Q8) Along a road lie an odd number of stones and distance between consecutive stones is 10m. A
person can carry only one stone at a time and his job is to assembled all the stones around the
middle stone. If he starts his job from one of the end stone and in carrying all the stones, he covers a
distance of 3km. Find the number of stones.
Q9) Show that the sum of an AP whose first term is a, the second term b and the last term is c is
(𝑎+𝑐)(𝑏+𝑐−2𝑎)
equal to 2(𝑏−𝑎)
.

1 2 3
Q10) Find the sum (4 − ) + (7 − ) + (10 − ) + ..... upto n terms.
𝑛 𝑛 𝑛

Q11) A thief runs with the uniform speed of 100m/minute. After one minute, a policeman runs after
the thief to catch him. He goes with a speed of 100 m/minute in the first minute and increases his
speed by 10 m/minute. After how many minutes the policeman will catch the thief?

Q12) The digits of a positive integer, having three digits are in A.P. and their sum is 15. The number
obtained by reversing the digits is 594 less than the original number. Find the number.

Q13) The ratio of the sums of m and n terms of an A.P is 𝑚 2 : 𝑛2 . Show that the ratio of 𝑚 𝑡ℎ and 𝑛𝑡ℎ
term is (2m−1):(2n−1).

Q14) Given that the (𝑝 + 1)𝑡ℎ term of an A.P is twice the (𝑞 + 1)𝑡ℎ term, prove that the (3𝑝 + 1)𝑡ℎ
term is twice the (𝑝 + 𝑞 + 1)𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚.

Q15) If 𝑆1 , 𝑆2 , 𝑆3 , … 𝑆𝑚 are the sums of n terms of m AP.’s whose first terms are 1, 2, 3 ... m and
whose common differences are 1, 3 ,5, … (2m – 1) respectively, then show that (𝑆1 + 𝑆2 + 𝑆3 + …+𝑆𝑚 )
1
= 2 mn(mn + 1).

𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝 𝑏𝑦: √(𝐴𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑠ℎ)2