CBSE Class 10-Mathematics: Chapter –5 Arithmetic Progressions Part 14

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Question 3:

If the third and the ninth terms of an AP are and respectively, which term of this AP is zero?

Answer:

It is given that 3^rd and 9^th term of AP are 4 and respectively.

It means and

Using formula , to find term of arithmetic progression,

These are equations in two variables.

Using equation , we can say that

Putting value of a in other equation ,

Putting value of in equation ,

Therefore, first term and Common Difference

We want to know which term is equal to zero.

Using formula to find term of arithmetic progression,

Therefore, term is equal to .

Question 4:

Two AP’s have the same common difference. The difference between their terms is , what is the difference between their terms.

Answer:

Let first term of 1^st AP

Let first term of 2^nd

It is given that their common difference is same.

Let their common difference be .

It is given that difference between their terms is .

Using formula , to find n^th term of arithmetic progression,

We want to find difference between their

1000^th terms which means we want to calculate:

Putting equation (1) in the above equation,

Therefore, difference between their 1000^th terms would be equal to 100.

Question 5:

How many three-digit numbers are divisible by 7?

Answer:

We have AP starting from because it is the first three-digit number divisible by .

AP will end at because it is the last three-digit number divisible by .

Therefore, we have AP of the form

Let is the n^th term of AP.

We need to find n here.

First term , Common difference

Using formula , to find term of arithmetic progression,

It meansis the term of AP.

Therefore, there are terms in AP.