The sum of the first four terms of an arithmetic progression is 56. The sum of last four terms of same progression is 112. If the first term is 11, find the number of terms in this arithmetic progression.
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Let the number of terms be n , and the common difference be d . Given that a = 1 1 and S 4 = 5 6 :
2 4 ( 2 ( 1 1 ) + ( 4 − 1 ) ( d ) ) = 5 6 2 ( 2 2 + 3 d ) = 5 6 2 2 + 3 d = 2 8 3 d = 6 ⟹ d = 2
Now, let the last 4 terms be T n − 3 , T n − 2 , T n − 1 and T n respectively. We know that:
T n = 1 1 + ( n − 1 ) ( 2 ) = 9 + 2 n T n − 1 = 1 1 + ( n − 2 ) ( 2 ) = 7 + 2 n T n − 2 = 1 1 + ( n − 3 ) ( 2 ) = 5 + 2 n T n − 3 = 1 1 + ( n − 4 ) ( 2 ) = 3 + 2 n
These 4 terms add up to 1 1 2 , therefore:
9 + 2 n + 7 + 2 n + 5 + 2 n + 3 + 2 n = 1 1 2 8 n + 2 4 = 1 1 2 8 n = 8 8 ⟹ n = 1 1
Because first four terms' average is 14 and first term is 11 , so 1.5 d = 3, d=2
And, last four temr's average is 28 so, last term is 28+3=31
So the number of terms in this progression is 1 + 2 1 × ( 3 1 − 1 1 ) = 1 1
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Let a be the first term, d be the common difference and n terms be there in this AP.
Sum of first four terms = 2 4 ( 2 a + ( 4 − 1 ) d ) = 2 ( 2 × 1 1 + 3 d ) = 5 6 2 2 + 3 d = 2 8 3 d = 6 d = 2
Sum of last 4 terms = 2 4 ( a + ( n − 4 ) d + a + ( n − 1 ) d ) = 2 ( 2 a + ( 2 n − 5 ) d ) = 1 1 2 2 × 1 1 + ( 2 n − 5 ) × 2 = 5 6 2 2 + ( 2 n − 5 ) × 2 = 5 6 ( 2 n − 5 ) × 2 = 3 4 2 n − 5 = 1 7 2 n = 2 2 n = 1 1