| The Arithmetic Progression The Sequence (b) The first three terms in an arithmetic progression are log(4r +1), log@2x +3), logs + 3) Find the value of x 7 5 Ina arithmetic progression the sam ofthe frst term and the fifth term is zero. ‘The thirieonth toms 2. Find the frst term ancl the common difference 1 a rato of the seventh term to the fifth term, py 23 The Ist, Ind and 3rd terms of an AP are 8~ «, 3x and 4x + 1, respectively. Calculate the value of x, and find the sum of the first eight terms of the progression. 24 Given that the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms of an AP are 16 — x, 3x2 and 2x, respectively, ‘aleulate the value of x, and find the Ist term of the progression. The following series is an arithmetic progression X.a),4, a ys nnd (a) If there are 11 terms in all, find the common difference. (b) ‘Show that. 1x4 3y ow that a, = TP, 13. ‘The rth term of an arithmetic series is (2r— 5). (a) Write down the first three terms of this series. @ (b) State the value of the common difference, @ "3, The sum of the first five terms of an AP is 40. The sum of the squares of the terms is 410, Find the frst term of the sequence, (Hint let x be the third term.) 2. The sim of three numbers in arithmetic progression is 18 and the sum of their squares is 206. Find the numbers.| 2. (0) Thecighthtemm of an arhmeti progression s 150 end the Fy-thrdis-30, Determine {). _thefist erm andthe commen difference 8) The Sum 1. The sum of the fist six terms of an arithmetic progression it 72 and the second term is seven times the filth term. Find the first erm and the common difference. Find the sum of the first ten terms, (AEB) Find the sum of the integers between I and 600 inclusive that are not divisible by 3 6] ‘The sum of the first twenty terms of an arithmetic sequence is 320. "The ewenty-first term is 37. What is the sum of the first ten terms? 3.1 The first term of an arithmetic progression is 17, and the sum of the first 16 terms is ~16. Find the sixteenth term and the common difference of the progres- sion sven: his total slay ex 2, The sum of three numbers ia arithmetic progression is 18 and the sum of their squares is 206. Find the numbers.| 6 (@) Find the sum of all the integers between 100 anc 400 that are divisible by 7 41 10, (a) A citck is divided ino 6 scetors in such a way thatthe angles of the sectors | treinarthmtie progression. The ange ef the largest sowor is 4 times the angle rales sector, Given that tho radius of the ciele is Sem. find the fof the smallest sector (1 ™ a Bat itimetic rogresion, the sum of the fst terms, denoted by Ss S,= 048m Find the first term and the common differenes 7. (@) An athlote runs the first mile of marathon in 5 minutes. His speed reduces in such a way that each mile takes 12 seconds longer than the preceding mile (0) Given thatthe nth rile takes 9 minutes, find the valve of m. (2) Assuming that the length ofthe marathon is 26 miles, find the tot tie, in hours and minutes, 1 complete the maratton Gi ow wee prUBLESSIOM () A circle is divided into 2] into m sectors in such are in arithmetic progression. The smallest te anges oo nese sectors value of 7. ‘st two angles are 3° and 5°. Find the (4) recon — U The first term of an arithmetic progression is 6 an: id the fil term is 1 sis 90. Find the value of n. | i) (the common difference of the progression, a the last term in the progression, p i) the sum of all the positive terms in the progression. rea} (b) ‘The frst two terms in an arithmetic progression are S and 9. The last term in the progression is the only term which is greater than 200. Find the sum of all the terms in the progression. W| « « 9 The first three terms of an arithmetic series are k, 7.5 and k + 7 respectively. b) Find the value of & @ (©) Find the sum of the first 31 terms of this series. @ Kulsumis given an interest-free loan to buy a car. She repays the loan in unequal monthly instalments; these start at $30 in the frst month and increase by $2 each month after that She makes 24 payments. (@) Find the amount of her final payment, (b) Fin the amount of er loan. 10 (@) Find the sum ofthe natural numbers from 1 to 100 inclusive. (©) Find the sum of the natural numbers from 101 t 200 inclusive. (6) Find and simplify an expression forthe sum of the natural numbers from n-+1 to 2n inclusive, Th ise oF attic sero andthe common ence is ‘The 18h cm ofthe seis is 25 and he 2Istem ofthe eis is 2 (2) Use this information to write dowa two equations for a and a. @ (b) Show that a = 7.5 and find the value of d @ The sura of the first » terms of the series is 2750, (©) Show that is given by W =150=55%40, @ (4) Hence find the value of @| 7. A girl saves money over a period of 200 weeks. She saves Sp in Week 1. 7p in Week 2, ‘9p in Week 3, and so on until Week 200, Her weekly savings form an arithmetic sequence. (a) Find the amount she saves in Week 200. co) (b) Calculate her total savings over the complete 200 week period. @ 2 an wittmetic progression has a frst tem of 1, anda commen difference of 4. The sum of the frst Iniemsis 10, ‘Show that 2? ~ n ~ 316) = Oana find the value ofn © Tesumofite Ft by Sy = Prove hatte sequence isan AF and find gan d of a sequence i 12 Theraio ofthe sinh and sixteenth terms of an APis 4:9. The product ofthe first and third terms is 135. Assuming thatthe AP is postive, find the sum ofthe first 100 terms. §. — Sueis training for a marathon. Her training includes a run every Saturday starting with a run of S km on the first Saturday. Each Saturday she ineresses the length of her run from the previous Saturday by 2 kr. (2) Show that on the 4th Saturday of training she runs 11 km. o (b) Find on expression, in terms of n, for the length of er training run on tae nth Saturday. @ (6) Show that the total distance she runs on Seturdays in m weeks of training is n(n + 4) km. @ (On the n th Saturday Sue runs 43 km (@) Find the value of » e (6) Find the total distance, in km, Suc runs on Saturdays in n weeks of training. @ L| 9% An athlete prepares fora race by completing a practice run on each of 11 consecutive days. On each day after the first day, he runs further than he ran on the previous day. ‘The lengths of his II practice runs form an arithmetic sequence with first term a km and common difference d kr He runs 9 kan on the 1th day, and be runs a total of 77 km over the 11 day period. Find the value of « and the value of d. A polygon has 16 sides. The lengths of the sides of the polygon, starting with the shortest side, form an arithmetic sequence with common difference d cm, The longest side of the polygon has length 6 cm and the perimeter of the polygon is 72 em, Find (b) the length of the shortest side of the polygon, © (©) the value of d @ L