"In an arithmetic sequences, the 1st term is 13 and the 15th term is 111. Find the common difference and the sum of the first 20 terms?"
I honestly don't know how to solve this question, taken from our mathbook.
The answer is "7, 1590"
Could you please solve it and show how you did?
I honestly don't know how to solve this question, taken from our mathbook.
The answer is "7, 1590"
Could you please solve it and show how you did?
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sol'n:
let:
a1 = 1st term
a15 = 15th term
S = sum of the series
n = no. of terms
d = common difference
aN = nth term
aN = a1 + (n - 1)d
let's determine the "d" first:
a15 = a1 + (n - 1)d
111 = 13 + (15 - 1)d
111 = 13 + 15d - d
98 = 14d
d = 7
we can now det. the sum of the series, for 1st 20 terms let's use n = 20:
S = (n/2) * [2a1 + (n - 1)d]
S = (20/2) * [2(13) + (20 - 1)7]
S = 10 * (26 + 133)
S = 1590
Answer: S = 1590 ; d = 7
let:
a1 = 1st term
a15 = 15th term
S = sum of the series
n = no. of terms
d = common difference
aN = nth term
aN = a1 + (n - 1)d
let's determine the "d" first:
a15 = a1 + (n - 1)d
111 = 13 + (15 - 1)d
111 = 13 + 15d - d
98 = 14d
d = 7
we can now det. the sum of the series, for 1st 20 terms let's use n = 20:
S = (n/2) * [2a1 + (n - 1)d]
S = (20/2) * [2(13) + (20 - 1)7]
S = 10 * (26 + 133)
S = 1590
Answer: S = 1590 ; d = 7
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If the first term is 13, the 15th term is 111, and we're dealing with an arithmetic sequence, let n be the common difference between terms in the sequence. Then the second term in the sequence is
13 + n
The third term is
13 + 2n
and the fourth term is
13 + 3n
From this you can get the pattern I'm trying to hint at. The 15th term in the sequence is
13 + 14n = 111
So 14n = 98
or n = 7
The sum of the first 20 terms?
For n, it's going to be
13 + (13+n) + (13+2n) + ... + (13+19n)
= 20*13 + n(1 + 2 + ... + 19)
= 260 + n((19*20)/2)
Recall that n = 7, so we get
260 + 7*(19*20/2)
= 260 + 7*190
= 260 + 1330
= 1590
13 + n
The third term is
13 + 2n
and the fourth term is
13 + 3n
From this you can get the pattern I'm trying to hint at. The 15th term in the sequence is
13 + 14n = 111
So 14n = 98
or n = 7
The sum of the first 20 terms?
For n, it's going to be
13 + (13+n) + (13+2n) + ... + (13+19n)
= 20*13 + n(1 + 2 + ... + 19)
= 260 + n((19*20)/2)
Recall that n = 7, so we get
260 + 7*(19*20/2)
= 260 + 7*190
= 260 + 1330
= 1590
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accordint to arithmetic sequences recipe:
an = a1 + (n - 1)d, here, an= n'th term a1= 1st term, n = no. of term and d= common difference.
so if the 1st term is 13 and 15th term is 111
so an= 111 a1= 13, n = 15.
so, 111=13+(15-1)d
=> 111-13=14d
=> d=98/14
so, d=7
and the recipe of sum,
Sn=n/2 * [ 2a1 + (n-1)d] where sn= sum of nth term.
an = a1 + (n - 1)d, here, an= n'th term a1= 1st term, n = no. of term and d= common difference.
so if the 1st term is 13 and 15th term is 111
so an= 111 a1= 13, n = 15.
so, 111=13+(15-1)d
=> 111-13=14d
=> d=98/14
so, d=7
and the recipe of sum,
Sn=n/2 * [ 2a1 + (n-1)d] where sn= sum of nth term.
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