Series 1 (A.

P)
3.1/3.2 :- Sequence/ series:-
1. If Tn= 5n-3 then find the 10
th
term of the series.
2. If Tn= 5n
2
-3 then find the 10
th
term of the series
3. If Tn= n
2
+2n-3 then find the 10
th
term of the series
3.4;- Arithmetic Progression:-
4. How many terms are there in the A.P 20,25,30,300.
5. A person was appointed in the pay scale of Rs. 7000 -400-15800.Find in how many years he will reach maximum of the
scale.
6. Find the A.P. whose 7
th
and 13
th
terms are respectively 34 and 94.
7. Find the first negative term of the sequence 2000,1993,1986,1979,..?
8. How many terms are identical in the two Arithmetic Progressions 2, 4, 6,8,..up to 80 terms. And 3, 6, 9, up to 60 term
9. If P times the P
th
term of an A.P. is equal to Q times the Q
th
term, find its(P+Q)th term.
10. If a, b, c, be the pth, qth and rth terms respectively of an A.P then find the value of (q-r)+b(r-p)+c(p-q)
3.5:- Sum of AP:-
11.The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 27 and the sum of their squares is 293.Find the numbers.
12.Find four numbers in A.P.such that their sum is 50 and greatest of them is 4 times the least.
13..The sum of four integers in A.P. is 24 and their product is 945.Find the numbers.
14.If a, b, c, are in A.P.,prove that b+c, c+a, a+b are also in A.P.
15.If the sum of n terms of a series be 4n
2
+2n, find its nth term. Are the terms of this series in A.P.?
16.Find the sum of the series 99+95+91+87+..to 50 terms trems.
17.Find the sum of the series(a+b)
2
+(a
2
+b
2
) +(a b)
2
+to n terms.
18.25 trees are planted in a straight line at intervals of 5 metres.To water them the gardener must bring water for each
thee separately from a well 10 metres from the first thee in line with the trees.How far he will have to cover in order to
water all the three beginning with the first if he starts from the well.
19.If a clock strikes one at one O clock, two at two O clock and so on, but does not strike at half hours,how many times
will the bell be struck in the course of (i) 12 hours (ii) 24 hours.
20.Find the sum of all even numbers between 101 and 999.
21.Find the maximum sum of the A.P. 40,37,34,31?
22.Find the least value of n such that 1 + 3 +5 +7 +.summation to n terms is a 3 digit number.
23.If the sum of first 10 terms of an A.P. is 140 and the sum of first 16 terms is 320, find the sum of n terms.
24. Find the maximum value of n such that sum upto n terms of 40 +37+34+31+ is positive.
25.The sum of the first p terms of an A.P. is equal to the sum of its first q terms, prove that the sum of its first (p + q) terms
is zero.


3.7. Arithmetic Mean:-
26. Find the AM of the series 3, 10, 17,.. 773.
27. If there exist k AMs between 20 and 80 such that 1
st
Mean: Last Mean = 1:3, find the value of k.
28 If sum of n AMs between two given numbers is k times the single AM between these numbers, find the ratio of n:k
29. Between 1 and 31, k A.Ms are inserted such that the ratio of the 7
th
and (n-1) the means is 5:9 find n.
30. Insert 5 AMs between 30 and 90.
Bouncers APs
31. Prove that the sum of latter half of 2n terms of a series in A.P. is equal to one third of the sum of the first 3n terms.
32.If S1,S2,S3,., Sp be the sum of n terms of Arithmetic Progressions whose first terms are respectively 1,2,3,. And c.d.s
are 1,2,3.prove that
S1+ S2, + S3,.+ Sp = np(n+1)(p+1)/4
33.If there are (2n +1) terms in an A.P., then find the ratio of the sum of odd terms and the sum of even terms.
34. Consider two APs, AP1 and AP2 , the sum of n terms of two series are in the ratio of (3n-13):(5n+21).
35. Find the sum of the series = 1
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
+. . 2008
2
+ 2009
2

36. If ratio of sum to n terms of of two APs is (5n+3):(3n+4), then find the ratio of their 17
th
term.
Direction for question no 37-39
[Suppose x1, x2 be the roots of
2
+ + = 0 and x3, x4 be the roots of
2
+ + = 0]
37. If x1, x2, 1/x3 , 1/x4 are in A.P>, then

2
4

2
4
equals
(A) a
2
/r
2
(B) b
2
/q
2
(C) c
2
p
2
(d) a
2
/p2
38. If x1, x2, x3, x4 are in A.P., then common difference of this A.P. is
(A) (

) (B) 1/3 (

) (C) 1/3 (

) (D) none of these

39. If If x1, x2, x3, x4 are in A.P., with common difference d, then
(A)

=
4

=
4
2
2+

(B)

2
+

(C)

=
2

2
+

(D) none of these

40. If a1, a2, ,,,,, an are in AP, where ai > 0, for all i, then prove that
(
1
1+ 2
) +
1
2+ 3
) + +
1
(1)+
) =
1
1+
)