Consider an arithmetic progression whose third term is 11 and seventh term is 27. What is the minimum number of terms of this arithmetic progression that is needed to have the sum of all terms divisible by 5 equal 2030?
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A simpler way:
We know that a n of the original AP is equivalent to a 1 4 of the new AP. This gives us
3 + ( n − 1 ) ( 4 ) = 1 5 + ( 1 4 − 1 ) ( 2 0 ) 3 + 4 n − 4 = 1 5 + 1 3 × 2 0 4 n = 4 − 3 + 1 5 + 2 6 0 4 n = 2 7 6 n = 6 9
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Let a be the first term, d be the common difference, a 3 be the third term and a 7 be the seventh term.
a 3 = a + ( 3 − 1 ) d a + 2 d = 1 1 ⟶ 1 a 7 = a + ( 7 − 1 ) d a + 6 d = 2 7 ⟶ 2
Subtracting 1 from 2 , we get:-
4 d = 1 6 d = 4
Substituting d = 4 in 1 , we get:-
a + 2 × 4 = 1 1 a = 1 1 − 8 a = 3
So, the AP is 3 , 7 , 1 1 , 1 5 , 1 9 , 2 3 , 2 7 , 3 1 , 3 5 , 3 9 , 4 3 , 4 7 , 5 1 , 5 5 , ⋯ .
Here we observe that the fourth, ninth, fourteenth, ..... terms are divisible by 5 .
They form an AP 1 5 , 3 5 , 5 5 , 7 5 , ⋯ starting with 1 5 and common difference between its terms as 2 0 .
Let n terms of this AP sum up to 2 0 3 0 .
Then 2 0 3 0 = 2 n × ( 2 × 1 5 + ( n − 1 ) × 2 0 ) 4 0 6 0 = n ( 3 0 + 2 0 n − 2 0 ) 4 0 6 0 = n ( 2 0 n − 1 0 ) 4 0 6 0 = 2 0 n 2 + 1 0 n 2 0 n 2 + 1 0 n − 4 0 6 0 = 0 1 0 ( 2 n 2 + n − 4 0 6 ) = 0 2 n 2 + n − 4 0 6 = 0 2 n 2 + 2 9 n − 2 8 n − 4 0 6 = 0 n ( 2 n + 2 9 ) − 1 4 ( 2 n + 2 9 ) = 0 ( 2 n + 2 9 ) ( n − 1 4 ) = 0
So, 2 n + 2 9 = 0 or n − 1 4 = 0
n = − 1 4 . 5 or n = 1 4 .
Since number of terms cannot be negative, n = 1 4 . 5 . So, n = 1 4 . So, 1 4 terms of the AP 1 5 , 3 5 , 5 5 , ⋯ are needed to sum upto 2 0 3 0 . So, how many terms of the original AP is needed?
Observe that the first term of the 5-multiples AP is the fourth term of the original AP. The second term of the 5-multiples AP is the ninth term of the original AP. The third one is the fourteenth one. So, the x th term of the 5-multiples AP is the ( 5 x − 1 ) th term of the original AP. So, the 1 4 th term of the 5-multiples AP is 5 × 1 4 − 1 = 6 9 th term of the original AP. So, the minimum number of terms of the original AP required to satisfy the conditions of the question is 6 9 .