If the sum of first 11 terms of an arithmetic progression is equal to that of the first 19 terms, then what is the sum of first 30 terms of this progression?
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Let T n be the n th term, a be the first term and d be the common difference.
So we get 2 equations, T 1 1 = a + 1 0 d and T 1 9 = a + 1 8 d .
Now let S n be the sum of the first n terms.
We get S 1 1 = 1 1 a + 5 5 d and S 1 9 = 1 9 a + 1 7 1 d . [According to the A . P sum formula]
Since S 1 1 = S 1 9 ⇒ 1 1 a + 5 5 d = 1 9 a + 1 7 1 d ⇒ 2 a + 2 9 d = 0 .
T 3 0 = a + 2 9 d . Therefore S 3 0 = 1 5 ( 2 a + 2 9 d ) = 1 5 ( 0 ) = 0 .