ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

1. Find the middle term of the AP 213, 205, 197, …, 37.

2. If the seventh term of an AP is and its ninth term is find its 63rd term.
3. If the nth term of a progression be a linear expression in n then prove that this
progression is an AP.
4. If the mth term of an AP be and its nth term be then show that its (mn) Th term is 1.
5. Determine k so that (3k- 2), (4k -6) and (k+2) are three consecutive terms of an AP.
6. Find the value of x for which the numbers (5x+2), (4x+1) and (x+2) are in AP.
7. Show that (a + b)2 , (a2 - b2) and (a- b)2 are in AP.
8. Find three numbers in AP whose sum is 15 and product is 80.
9. Divide 24 in three parts such that they are in AP and their product is 440.
10. The sum of three consecutive terms of an AP is 21 and the sum of the squares of
these terms is 165. Find these terms.
11. Divide 32 into four parts which are the four terms of an AP such that the product of
the first and the fourth terms is to the product of the second and the third terms as 7 : 15.
12. The sum of first three terms of an AP is 48. If the product of first and second terms
exceeds 4 times the third term by 12. Find the AP.
13. The ratio of the sums of first m and first n terms of an AP is m2: n2 . Show that the
ratio of its m th and nth terms is (2m - 1): (2n - 1) .
14. If the sum of the first p terms of an AP is the same as the sum of its first q terms
(where p≠ q) then show that the sum of its first (p + q) terms is zero.
15. The sum of the first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and the sum of its next 7 terms is 161.
Find the 28th term of this AP.
16. If the ratio of the sum of the first n terms of two APs is (7n +1): (4n + 27) then find
the ratio of their 9th terms.
17. In an AP of 50 terms, the sum of first 10 terms is 210 and the sum of its last 15
terms is 2565. Find the AP.
18. The sum of first 6 terms of an AP is 42. The ratio of its 10th term to 30th term is
1: 3. Find the first and the 13th term of the AP.
19. If the pth, qth and rth terms of an AP be a, b, c respectively then show that
a (q - r) + b(r - p) + c (p - q) = 0.
20. If m times the mth term of an AP is equal to n times the nth term and
m≠n, show that its (m + n)th term is zero.
21. In a given AP if pth term is q and the qth term is p then show that thenth term is (p +q - n) .