1 (a) The fifth term of an A.P. is 1 whereas its 31st term is -77.

Find its 20th term

and sum of its first fifteen terms. Also find which term of the series will be −17
and sum of how many terms will be 20 .

(b) The third term of an A.P. is 7 and its 7th term is 2 more than thrice of its 3rd
term. Find the first term, common difference and the sum of its first 20 terms.

1 2
2 (a) Find the number of terms in the series 20,19 3 , 18 3 , … … … of which the sum is
300 , explain the double answer.

1 2
(b) Prove that the maximum value of the sum of the series 20 + 19 3 + 18 3 + ⋯ is
310 .

(c) ∗ How many terms of the series 54,51,48, …. be taken so that their sum is 513 ?
Explain the double answer.

1 1 1 3
(d) The sum of the series 2 + 3 + 6 + ⋯ … to 9 terms is − 2.

(e) There are only sixteen A.P.'s having 3, 8, 14 as three of its terms. Is this
statement true ?

3+𝑛
3 (a) The 𝑛th term of a series is given to be 4
, find the sum of 105 terms of this
series.

(b) ∗ Find the sum of first 24 terms of the A.P. 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , … … if it is known that
𝑎1 + 𝑎5 + 𝑎10 + 𝑎15 + 𝑎20 + 𝑎24 = 225.

(c) Find 𝑎1 + 𝑎6 + 𝑎11 + 𝑎16 if it is known that 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , …. is an A.P. and

𝑎1 + 𝑎4 + 𝑎7 + ⋯ + 𝑎16 = 147

4 If the sum of first 8 and 19 terms of an A.P. are 64 and 361 respectively, find the
common difference and sum of its 𝑛 terms.

5 (a) A man arranges to pay off a debt of Rs. 3600 in 40 annual instalments which
form an arithmetic series. When 30 of the instalments are paid he dies leaving
one-third of the debt unpaid. Find the value of the first instalment.

(b) A class consists of a number of boys whose ages are in A.P. the common
difference being four months. If the youngest boy is just eight years old and if the
sum of the ages is 168 years, find the number of boys.
6 (a)* The interior angles of a polygon are in arithmetic progression. The smallest
angle is 120∘ and the common difference is 5 . Find the number of sides of the
polygon.

(b) Find the least value of 𝑛 for which 3 + 6 + 9 + ⋯ 𝑛 terms exceeds 1000 .

𝑎2 𝑎3 𝑎4
7 Find the sum of 𝑛 terms of the series log 𝑎 + log + log + log + ⋯ .. to 𝑛
𝑏 𝑏2 𝑏3
terms.

8 (a) ∗ The mth term of an A.P. is 𝑛 and its 𝑛th term is 𝑚. Prove that its 𝑝 th term is
𝑚 + 𝑛 − 𝑝. Also show that its (𝑚 + 𝑛) th term is zero.

(b) * Let 𝑇𝑟 be the 𝑟 th term of an A.P., for 𝑟 = 1,2,3, …. If for some positive
1 1
integers 𝑚, 𝑛 we have 𝑇𝑚 = 𝑛 and 𝑇𝑛 = 𝑚 then 𝑇𝑚𝑛 equals
1
(a) 𝑚𝑛
1 1
(b) 𝑚 + 𝑛
(c) 1
(d) 0

(c) a,b, c,,𝑑 are four distinct real numbers and they are in A.P. If
2(𝑎 − 𝑏) + 𝑥(𝑏 − 𝑐)2 + (𝑐 − 𝑎)3 = 2(𝑎 − 𝑑) + (𝑏 − 𝑑)2 + (𝑐 − 𝑑)3
then prove that 𝑥 ≥ 16 or 𝑥 ≤ −8.

(d) If 𝑎. 𝑏, 𝑐. 𝑑. 𝑒 are in A.P. then find the value of 𝑎 − 4𝑏 + 6𝑐 − 4𝑑 + 𝑒

9 The first and last term of an A.P., are 𝑎 and 𝑙 respectively. If 𝑆 be the sum of all
𝑙 2 −𝑎 2
the terms of the A.P., show that the common difference is 2𝑆−(𝑙+𝑎).

10 Show that the sum of an A.P. whose first term is 𝑎, second term is 𝑏 and the last
(𝑎+𝑐)(𝑏+𝑐−2𝑎)
term is 𝑐 is equal to 2(𝑏−𝑎)

11 (a) The sum of 𝑛 terms of a series is 3𝑛2 + 4𝑛. Show that the series is an A.P. and
find the first term and common difference. What will be its nth term ?

(b) Find an A.P. in which sum of any number of terms is always three times the
squared number of these terms.
 ⋆
(c) If 𝑠𝑛 = 𝑎𝑛2 + 𝑏𝑛, prove that series is an A.P.

12 (a) The number of terms of an A.P. is even ; the sum of the odd terms is 24 , of the
1
even terms 30 , and the last term exceeds the first by 10 2, find the number of
terms and the series.

(b) Find the sum of all two digit numbers which when divided by 4 , yield unity as
remainder.

13 (a) 150 workers were engaged to finish a piece of work in a certain number of
days. Four workers dropped the second day, four more workers dropped the third
day and so on. It takes 8 more days to finish the work now. Find the number of
days in which the work was completed.

(b)* Along a road lie an odd number of stones placed at intervals of 10 metres.
These stones have to be assembled around the middle stone. A person can carry
only one stone at a time. A man carried the job with one of the end stones by
carrying them in succession. In carrying all the stones he covered a distance of
3 km. Find the number of stones.

(c) Ram starts travelling from a certain point 𝑂 and in successive days travels
distances which are in A.P. (𝑎 = 1, 𝑑 = 2). Shyam starts from the point after three
days and in successive days travels distances which too are in A.P.
(𝑎 = 12, 𝑑 = 1).Prove that Shyam will be ahead of Ram for 7 days.

14 (a) Prove that square of any even natural number i.e. (2𝑛)2 is equal to sum of 𝑛
terms of a certain series of integers in A.P.
(b) Any odd square i.e. (2𝑛 + 1)2 is equal to summ of terms of an A.P. increased
by unity.
(c) The fourth power of the common difference of an arithmetic progression with
integer entries in added to the product of any four consecutive terms of it. Prove
that the resulting sum is the square of an integer.
∗
15 If the ratio of the sum of 𝑚 terms and 𝑛 terms of an AD be 𝑚 2 : 𝑛2 , prove that
the ratio of its 𝑚 th and 𝑛th terms will be 2𝑚 − 1: 2𝑛 − 1.
16 (a) The ratio between the sum of 𝑛 terms of two A.P. is 3𝑛 + 8: 7𝑛 + 15. Find the
ratio between their 12 th terms.

(b) ∗ The ratio between the 𝑠𝑢𝑚 of 𝑛 terms of two A.P's is 7𝑛 + 1: 4𝑛 + 27. Find
the ratio between their 𝑛th terms.

(c) The sum of the first 𝑛 terms of two A.P.'s are as 3𝑛 + 5: 5𝑛 − 9. Prove that
their 4 th terms are equal,
 𝑆𝑚 𝑚4
(d) In an A.P, if 𝑆𝑛
= 𝑛4
then prove that

𝑇𝑚+1 (2𝑚 + 1)3

=
𝑇𝑛+1 (2𝑛 + 1)3
𝑆𝑝𝑛
(e) If 𝑆𝑛 be the sum of first 𝑛 terms of an A.P. and if 𝑆𝑛
is independent of 𝑛, then find the
𝑎
ratio .
𝑑

17. There are two A.P.'s whose common differences differ by unity, but sum of the three
𝑃
consecutive terms in each is 15. If 𝑃 and 𝑃1 be the products of these terms such that 𝑃 =
1
7
, then find the two A.P.'s.
8

18. (a) Find the sum of all natural numbers between 250 and 1000 which are exactly
divisible by 3.

(b) The sum of integers from 1 to 100 which are divisible by 2 or 5 is

(a) 3000
(b) 3050
(c) 3200
(d) 3250

19. (a) Show that the sum of all odd numbers between 1 and 1000 which are divisible by
3 is 83667 .

(b) Find the sum of first 𝑛 odd natural numbers.

(c) Find the sum of all odd integers between 2 and 100 divisible by 3 .

(d) Sum of certain consecutive odd positive integers is 572 − 132 . Find them.

20. Find the sum of all natural numbers which are multiples of 7 or 3 or both and lie
between 200 and 500 .

21.* The 𝑝 th term of an A.P. is 𝑎 and 𝑞 th term is 𝑏.Prove that sum of its (𝑝 + 𝑞) terms is

𝑝+𝑞 𝑎−𝑏
[𝑎 + 𝑏 + ].
2 𝑝−𝑞
22 If the 𝑝 th, 𝑞 th and 𝑟 th terms of an A.P. be 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 respectively, then prove
that
𝑎(𝑞 − 𝑟) + 𝑏(𝑟 − 𝑝) + 𝑐(𝑝 − 𝑞) = 0.

23 If the sums of 𝑝, 𝑞 and 𝑟 terms of an A.P. be 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 respectively, then prove

that
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
(𝑞 − 𝑟) + (𝑟 − 𝑝) + (𝑝 − 𝑞) = 0.
𝑝 𝑞 𝑟

24 (a) If in an A.P. the sum of 𝑝 terms is equal to sum of 𝑞 terms, then prove that the
sum of 𝑝 + 𝑞 terms is zero.

(b) In an A.P., of which 𝑎 is the first term, if the sum of the first 𝑝 terms is zero,
𝑎(𝑝+𝑞)𝑞
show that the sum of the next 𝑞 terms is - 𝑝−1 .

25 (a) * The sum of first 𝑝 terms of an A.P. is 𝑞 and the sum of the first 𝑞 terms is 𝑝.
Find the sum of the first (𝑝 + 𝑞) terms.

(b) Prove that the sum of the latter half of 2𝑛 terms of any A.P. is one-third the
sum of 3𝑛 terms of the same A.P.

(c) An A.P. has even number of terms, the first term of which is unity. 𝑆1 and 𝑆2
stand for the sum of its first 𝑛 terms and sum of its last 𝑛 terms such that 𝑆1 /𝑆2 =
𝜆. What is the common difference of A.P.?

26 (a) The sums of 𝑛 terms of three arithmetical progressions are 𝑆1 , 𝑆2 and 𝑆3 . The
first term of each is unity and the common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
Prove that 𝑆1 + 𝑆3 = 2𝑆2 .

(b) * There are two A.P.'s each of 𝑛 terms.

𝑎, 𝑎 + 𝑑, 𝑎 + 2𝑑, … 𝐿
𝑝, 𝑝 + 𝑞, 𝑝 + 2𝑞, … 𝐿′

these A.P's satisfy the following conditions :

𝐿 𝐿′ 𝑆𝑛 𝑑 𝐿
= = 4, ′ = 2; find out and ′ .
𝑝 𝑎 𝑆𝑛 𝑞 𝐿

27 (a) The sums of 𝑛, 2𝑛, 3𝑛 terms of an A.P. are 𝑆1 , 𝑆2 , 𝑆3 respectively. Prove that
𝑆3 = 3(𝑆2 − 𝑆1 ).
 (b) * If 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑛2 𝑝 and 𝑆𝑚 = 𝑚 2 𝑝, 𝑚 ≠ 𝑛, in an A.P., prove that 𝑆𝑝 = 𝑝3 .

𝑠𝑝𝑛
28 (a) If 𝑠𝑛 be the sum of 𝑛 terms of an A.P. and if 𝑠𝑛
is independent of 𝑛, then prove
that 𝑑 = 2𝑎 in usual notation.

(b)* Let 𝑆𝑛 denote the sum of first 𝑛 terms of an A.P. If 𝑆2𝑛 = 3𝑆𝑛 , then the ratio
𝑆3𝑛 /𝑆𝑛 is equal to 6 .

(c) If the sum of first 2𝑛 terms of the A.P. 2,5,8, … is equal to the sum of the first 𝑛
terms of the A.P. 57,59,61, …, then 𝑛 equals
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 11
(d) 13

29 (a) There are 𝑛 A.P's whose common differences are 1,2,3, … 𝑛 respectively, the
1
first term of each being unity. Prove that sum of their nth terms is 𝑛(𝑛2 + 1).
2

(b) If there be 𝑚 A.P.'s beginning with unity whose common differences are1, 2,
1
3, ...m respectively, show that the sum of their nth terms is 𝑚[𝑚𝑛 − 𝑚 + 𝑛 + 1].
2

(c) The sum of 𝑛 terms of 𝑚 arithmetical progressions are 𝑆1 , 𝑆2 , 𝑆3 , … 𝑆𝑚 . The first

term and common differences are 1,2,3, … , 𝑚 respectively. Prove that
1
𝑆1 + 𝑆2 + 𝑆3 + ⋯ + 𝑆𝑚 = 𝑚𝑛(𝑚 + 1)(𝑛 + 1).
4
30. (a) If 𝑆1 , 𝑆2 , 𝑆3 , … , 𝑆𝑚 are the sums of 𝑛 terms of 𝑚 A.P.'s whose first terms are
1,2,3, … , 𝑚 and common differences are 1,3,5, … ,2𝑚 − 1 respectively. Show that
1
𝑆1 + 𝑆2 + 𝑆3 + ⋯ + 𝑆𝑚 = 2 𝑚𝑛(𝑚𝑛 + 1).

(b) In an A.P. if
𝑆1 = 𝑇1 + 𝑇2 + 𝑇3 + ⋯ + 𝑇𝑛 (n odd)

𝑆2 = 𝑇1 + 𝑇3 + 𝑇5 + ⋯ + 𝑇𝑛 , then 𝑆1 /𝑆2 =
2𝑛
(a) 𝑛+1
𝑛
(b) 𝑛+1
𝑛+1
(c) 2𝑛
𝑛+1
(d)
𝑛
31. (a) The series of natural numbers is divided into groups (1); (2,3,4); (5,6,7,8,9); … ..
and so on. Show that the sum of the numbers in the 𝑛th group is (𝑛 − 1)3 + 𝑛3 .

(b) ∗ The series of natural numbers is divided into groups

(1),(2,3,4), (3,4,5,6,7), (4,5,6,7,8,9, 10), .... Find the sum of the numbers in 𝑛th group.

32. ∗ 𝐍, the set of natural numbers, is partitioned into subsets

𝑆1 = {1}, 𝑆2 = {2,3}, 𝑆3 = {4,5,6}, 𝑆4 = {7,8,9,10}.

The last term of these groups is

1,1 + 2,1 + 2 + 3,1 + 2 + 3 + 4

so on. Find the sum of the elements in the subset 𝑆50

33. (a) Show that sum of the terms in the 𝑛th bracket (1); (3,5); (7,9,11); … is 𝑛3 .

(b) The odd natural numbers are arranged in groups as (1); (3,5,7), (9,11,13,15,17) …
prove that the sum of terms in 𝑛th group is (2𝑛 − 1)[𝑛2 + (𝑛 − 1)2 ].

34. (a) The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 15 whereas sum of their squares is 83 . Find
the numbers.

(b) If the roots of the equation 𝑥 3 − 12𝑥 2 + 39𝑥 − 28 = 0 are in A.P., then their common
difference will be ......

(c) ∗ If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are real numbers satisfying the equation 25(9𝑎2 + 𝑏2 ) + 9𝑐 2 − 15(5𝑎𝑏 +

𝑏𝑐 + 3𝑐𝑎) = 0 then prove that 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in A.P.

35.(a)* The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 12 and the sum of their cubes is 288 . Find
the numbers.

(b) There are two sets 𝐴 and 𝐵 of three numbers in A.P. whose sum is 15 and where 𝐷
𝑃 7
and 𝑑 are the common differences such that 𝐷 − 𝑑 = 1. Find the numbers if = where
𝑝 8
𝑃 and 𝑝 are the products of the numbers in the two sets.

36.Find four numbers in A.P. whose

(a) sum is 20 and sum of their squares is 120 .
(b) sum is 32 and sum of squares is 276 .
37. ∗ Divide 28 into four parts in A.P. so that ratio of the product of first and third with
the product of second and fourth is 8: 15.

38." Between 1 and 31 are inserted 𝑚 arithmetic means so that the ratio of the 7 th and
(𝑚 − 1) th means is 5: 9. Find the value of 𝑚.

39.Prove that the sum of the 𝑛 arithmetic means inserted between iwo quantities is 𝑛
times the single arithmetic mean between them.

𝑎 𝑛+1 +𝑏 𝑛+1
40.For what value of 𝑛, 𝑎 𝑛 +𝑏 𝑛
is the arithmetic mean of 𝑎 and 𝑏 ?

1
41.(a) " The sum of two numbers is 2 6. An even number of arithmetic means are being
inserted between them and their sum exceeds their number by 1 . Find the number of
means inserted.

(b) 𝑛 arithmetic means are inserted in between 𝑥 and 2𝑦 and then between 2𝑥 and 𝑦. In
case the 𝑟 th means in each case be equal, then find the ratio 𝑥/𝑦.

42.(a) If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in A.P., prove that the following are also in A.P.
(i) 𝑏 + 𝑐, 𝑐 + 𝑎, 𝑎 + 𝑏.
1 1 1
(ii) 𝑏𝑐 , 𝑐𝑎 , 𝑎𝑏.
(iii) * 𝑎2 (𝑏 + 𝑐), 𝑏2 (𝑐 + 𝑎), 𝑐 2 (𝑎 + 𝑏) provided Σ𝑎𝑏 ≠ 0.
1 1 1 1 1 1
(iv) 𝑎 ( + ) , 𝑏 ( + ) , 𝑐 ( + ).
𝑏 𝑐 𝑐 𝑎 𝑎 𝑏
1 1 1
(𝑣)∗ , ,
√(𝑏) + √(𝑐) √(𝑎) + √(𝑐) √(𝑏) + √(𝑎)
(b) If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in A.P., then prove that (𝑎 − 𝑐)2 = 4(𝑏2 − 𝑎𝑐).

43.If 𝑎2 , 𝑏2 , 𝑐 2 are in A.P., then the following are also in

A.P.
1 1 1
(i) , , .
𝑏+𝑐 𝑐+𝑎 𝑎+𝑏
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
(ii) ∗ 𝑏+𝑐 , 𝑐+𝑎 , 𝑎+𝑏.

𝑏+𝑐−𝑎 𝑐+𝑎−𝑏 𝑎+𝑏−𝑐 1 1 1

44.If 𝑎
, 𝑏
, 𝑐
are in A.P., then 𝑎 , 𝑏 , 𝑐 are also in A.P.
 1 1 1
45.If (𝑏 − 𝑐)2 , (𝑐 − 𝑎)2 , (𝑎 − 𝑏)2 are in A.P. then prove that 𝑏−𝑐 , 𝑐−𝑎 , 𝑎−𝑏 are also in A.P.

∗
46. If 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , … 𝑎𝑛 are in A.P. where 𝑎𝑖 > 0 for all 𝑖, sh 0 𝑤where
1 1 1 n−1
+ + ⋯+ =
√(𝑎1)+√𝑎2 √(𝑎2)+√𝑎3 √(𝑎n−1 )+√𝑎n √(𝑎1)+√𝑎n

47.(a) ∗ If log10 2, log10 (2𝑥 − 1) and log10 (2𝑥 + 3)

be three consecutive terms of an A.P., then
(i) 𝑥 = 0
(ii) 𝑥 = 1
(iii) 𝑥 = log 2 5 (iv) 𝑥 = log10 2

(b) For what values of the parameter 𝑎 are there values of 𝑥 such that 51+𝑥 +
51−𝑥 , 𝑎/2, 25𝑥 + 25−𝑥 are three consecutive terms of an A.P. ?

(c) Show that the value of 𝑥 for which log 3 (21−𝑥 + 3), log 9 4 and log 27 (2𝑥 − 1)3 form an
A. P. is 1 .

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48.(a) If 𝑥18 = 𝑦 21 = 𝑧 28 , prove that 3,3log 𝑦 𝑥, 3log 𝑧 𝑦, 7log 𝑥 𝑧 form an A.P.

(b) If 3,3log 𝑦 𝑥, 3log 𝑧 28 𝑦, 7log 𝑥 𝑧 be in A.P. the prove that 𝑥18 = 𝑦 21 = 𝑧 28 .

(c) The numbers 32sin 2𝜃−1 , 14, 34−2sin 2𝜃 form first three terms of an A.P. Show that its
fifth term is equal to 53.

(d) If the non-zero numbers 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in A.P. and tan−1 𝑎, tan−1 𝑏, tan−1 𝐶 are also in A.P.,
then prove that 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐 and 𝑏2 = 𝑎𝑐.

49.(a) Prove that if 𝑝, 𝑞, 𝑟(𝑝 ≠ 𝑞) are terms (not necessarily consecutive) of an A.P., then
there exists a rational number 𝑘 such that (𝑟 − 𝑞)/(𝑞 − 𝑝) = 𝑘.

(b) Prove that the numbers √2, √3, √5 cannot be the terms of a single A.P. with non-zero
common difference.

50.(a) Determine the relations in 𝑥, 𝑦 and 𝑧 if 1, log 𝑦 𝑥, log 𝑧 𝑦, −15log 𝑥 𝑧 are in A.P.

(b) Can there be an A.P. which consists of only prime numbers ?

51. ∗ If the sum of 𝑚 terms of an A.P. is equal to sum of either the next 𝑛 terms or the
1 1 1 1
next 𝑝 terms, prove that (𝑚 + 𝑛) (𝑚 − 𝑝) = (𝑚 + 𝑝) (𝑚 − 𝑛)

52.(a)* Show that in an arithmetical progression 𝑎1 , 𝑎2,𝑎3 , …,

𝑆 = 𝑎12 − 𝑎22 + 𝑎32 − 𝑎42 + ⋯ − 𝑎2𝑘 2

𝑘
= (𝑎2 − 𝑎2𝑘
2
)
2𝑘 − 1 1

(b) If 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , … 𝑎𝑛 be an A.P. of + ive terms, then ∑𝑛𝑘=1  𝑎𝑘 ≥ 𝑛√𝑎12 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑𝑎1 where 𝑑 is
the common difference of A.P.

1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
(c) + + + ⋯+ = ( + + ⋯+ ).
𝑎1 𝑎𝑛 𝑎2 𝑎𝑛−1 𝑎3𝑎𝑛−2 𝑎𝑛 𝑎1 𝑎1+𝑎𝑛 𝑎1 𝑎2 𝑎𝑛

1 1 1 𝑛−1
(d) 𝑎 +𝑎 +⋯+ 𝑎 =𝑎 .
1 𝑎2 2 𝑎3 𝑛−1 𝑎𝑛 1 𝑎𝑛

∗
53. If 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , … are in A.P. of common difference 𝑑, then prove th

𝑑 𝑑
𝑆 = tan−1 + tan−1 +⋯ 𝑑
1 + 𝑎1 𝑎2 1 + 𝑎2 𝑎3 + tan−1
1 + 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛+1

𝑛𝑑
= tan−1
1 + 𝑎1 𝑎𝑛+1

54.If 𝛼1 , 𝛼2 , 𝛼3 , … 𝛼𝑛 are in A.P. of common difference 𝑑, then prove that

(b) cosec 𝛼1 cosec 𝛼2 + cosec 𝛼2 cosec 𝛼3 + ⋯ 𝑛 terms
cot 𝛼1 − cot 𝛼𝑛+1
=
sin 𝑑

55. Let the sequence 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , … 𝑎𝑛 form an A.P. and let

𝑎1 = 0, prove that

𝑎3 𝑎4 𝑎5 𝑎𝑛 1 1 1
+ + +⋯+ − 𝑎2 ( + + ⋯ + )
𝑎2 𝑎3 𝑎4 𝑎𝑛−1 𝑎2 𝑎3 𝑎𝑛−2
𝑎𝑛−1 𝑎2
= + .
𝑎2 𝑎𝑛−1
56. A sequence of real numbers 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , … 𝑎𝑛 is such that 𝑎1 = 0, |𝑎2 | = |𝑎1 + 1|, |𝑎3 | =
|𝑎2 + 1|, … |𝑎𝑛 | = |𝑎𝑛−1 + 1|. Show that A.M. of these numbers is always greater or equal
to −1/2.

57. Find the number of terms common to the two A.P.'s 3,7,11, … 407 and 2,9,16, … 709.
58. Prove that there are 17 identical terms in the two A.P.'s 2,5,8,11, … 60 terms and
3,5,7,9, … .50 terms

59. Certain numbers appear in both arithmetic progressions 17,21,25, … and 16,21,26, ….
Find the sum of first hundred numbers appearing in both progressions.

60. Each of the two triplets of numbers log 𝑎, log 𝑏, log 𝑐 and log 𝑎 − log 2𝑏, log 2𝑏 −
log 3𝑐, log 3𝑐 − log 𝑎 are in A.P. Can the numbers 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 be the lengths of the sides of a