Arithmetic progressions

Algebra Level 2

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.


The answer is 11.

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3 solutions

Ashish Menon
May 26, 2016

Let a a be the first term, d d be the common difference and n n terms be there in this AP.
Sum of first four terms = 4 2 ( 2 a + ( 4 1 ) d ) = 2 ( 2 × 11 + 3 d ) = 56 22 + 3 d = 28 3 d = 6 d = 2 \dfrac{4}{2} (2a + (4-1)d) = 2(2×11 + 3d) = 56\\ 22 + 3d = 28\\ 3d = 6\\ d = 2

Sum of last 4 terms = 4 2 ( a + ( n 4 ) d + a + ( n 1 ) d ) = 2 ( 2 a + ( 2 n 5 ) d ) = 112 2 × 11 + ( 2 n 5 ) × 2 = 56 22 + ( 2 n 5 ) × 2 = 56 ( 2 n 5 ) × 2 = 34 2 n 5 = 17 2 n = 22 n = 11 \dfrac{4}{2} (a + (n-4)d + a + (n-1)d) = 2(2a +(2n - 5)d) = 112\\ 2×11 + (2n - 5)×2 = 56\\ 22 + (2n - 5)×2 = 56\\ (2n-5)×2 = 34\\ 2n - 5 = 17\\ 2n = 22\\ n = \color{#69047E}{\boxed{11}}

good solution!!!...+1

Ayush G Rai - 5 years ago

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Thanks! :) :)

Ashish Menon - 5 years ago

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you're welcome

Ayush G Rai - 5 years ago
Hung Woei Neoh
May 1, 2016

Let the number of terms be n n , and the common difference be d d . Given that a = 11 a=11 and S 4 = 56 S_4=56 :

4 2 ( 2 ( 11 ) + ( 4 1 ) ( d ) ) = 56 2 ( 22 + 3 d ) = 56 22 + 3 d = 28 3 d = 6 d = 2 \dfrac{4}{2}(2(11)+(4-1)(d))=56\\ 2(22+3d)=56\\ 22+3d=28\\ 3d=6 \implies d=2

Now, let the last 4 terms be T n 3 , T n 2 , T n 1 T_{n-3}, T_{n-2}, T_{n-1} and T n T_n respectively. We know that:

T n = 11 + ( n 1 ) ( 2 ) = 9 + 2 n T n 1 = 11 + ( n 2 ) ( 2 ) = 7 + 2 n T n 2 = 11 + ( n 3 ) ( 2 ) = 5 + 2 n T n 3 = 11 + ( n 4 ) ( 2 ) = 3 + 2 n T_n=11+(n-1)(2) = 9+2n\\ T_{n-1}=11+(n-2)(2) = 7+2n\\ T_{n-2}=11+(n-3)(2) = 5+2n\\ T_{n-3}=11+(n-4)(2) = 3+2n

These 4 4 terms add up to 112 112 , therefore:

9 + 2 n + 7 + 2 n + 5 + 2 n + 3 + 2 n = 112 8 n + 24 = 112 8 n = 88 n = 11 9+2n + 7+2n + 5+2n + 3+2n = 112\\ 8n+24=112\\ 8n=88 \implies n=\boxed{11}

Nice solution (+1)

Ashish Menon - 5 years ago

good one(+1)

Ayush G Rai - 5 years ago
Dong kwan Yoo
Nov 11, 2019

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 + 1 2 × ( 31 11 ) = 11 1+ \frac {1} {2} × ( 31-11) = 11

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