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Means. Example: Insert 4 Arithmetic Means Between 5 and 25. Solution: Since We Are Required To Insert 4 Terms, Then There Will Be 6 Terms in All

Here are the solutions: 1) -25, -30, -35 2) -7, -12 3) 7, 8, 9 4) -14, -17, -20, -23 5) 22, 28

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Means. Example: Insert 4 Arithmetic Means Between 5 and 25. Solution: Since We Are Required To Insert 4 Terms, Then There Will Be 6 Terms in All

Here are the solutions: 1) -25, -30, -35 2) -7, -12 3) 7, 8, 9 4) -14, -17, -20, -23 5) 22, 28

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To know more about this lesson here are some short discussions about this topic.

If a1 and d are known, it is easy to find any term in an arithmetic sequence


by using the rule.

an = a1 + (n-1) d
Finding a certain number of terms between two given terms of an arithmetic
sequence is a common task in studying arithmetic sequences. The term between
any two nonconsecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence are known as arithmetic
means.
Example: Insert 4 arithmetic means between 5 and 25.
Solution: Since we are required to insert 4 terms, then there will be 6 terms in all.
Let a1 = 5 and a6 = 25. We will insert a2, a3, a4, a5, as shown below:
5 , a2 , a3 , a4 , a5 , 25

We need to get the common difference. Let us use a6 = a1 + 5d to solve for d.


By substituting the given values for a6 and a1, we obtain:
25=5+5 d
25−5=5 d
20 5 d
=
5 5
4=d

Using the value of d, we can now get the values of a2, a3, a4, a5. Thus,
a 2=5+4 ( 1 )=9 , a 3=5+4 ( 2 )=13 , a 4=5+ 4 ( 3 ) =17 , and a 5=5+4 ( 4 )=21.

The arithmetic means between 5 and 25 are 9, 13, 17, and 21. Therefore the
arithmetic sequence is 5 , 9 , 13 ,17 , 21 , 25.

Try this.
Exercise 2.
Try to find the mean/s of the
following arithmetic sequences
below.
1) 13, __, __, __, -11, -17
2) -1, __, 35, 52…
3) 2, __, __, __, 78…
4) __, __, 47, __, __, -4
5) 10, __, __, __, 22, __, __, __…
Minions, what you’ve done earlier is an example of arithmetic sequence. I’ll
explain to you more about this sequence.
An Arithmetic Sequence is a sequence where every term after the first is
obtained by adding the constant called the common difference.
The sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, … and 15, 11, 7, 3, … are examples of
arithmetic sequences since each one has a common difference of 3 and -4
respectively.
To understand more, see this example:
Number of
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
squares
Number of
4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31
matchsticks
Above is an example of an arithmetic sequence that has a common
difference of 3.
In general, the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence with a1 as the first
term and d as the common difference are:
a 1 , a1 +d , a1 +2 d ,… , a1 + ( n−1 ) d

As a review of what you had learned, try


answering this.
Exercise 1.
Try to find the next term/s in the given
arithmetic sequences below.
1) __, __, __, -10, -15, -20,
2) 8, 3, -2, __, __, …
3) 3, 4, 5, 6, __, __, __
4) -2, -5, -8, -11, __, __, __, __, …
5) __, 4, 10, 16, __

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