In an arithmetic progression, the sum of the first 1001 terms is equal to 29, and the sum of the first 29 terms is equal to 1001.
Find the sum of the first 1030 terms of this arithmetic progression.
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Let's generalize this. Let m = 1 0 0 1 , n = 2 9 , and a , d and S k be the first term, common difference and sum of first k terms of the AP. Then, we have:
⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ S m = 2 m [ 2 a + ( m − 1 ) d ] = n S n = 2 n [ 2 a + ( n − 1 ) d ] = m ⇒ 2 m n a + m n ( m − 1 ) d = 2 n 2 ⇒ 2 m n a + m n ( n − 1 ) d = 2 m 2 . . . ( 1 ) . . . ( 2 )
( 1 ) − ( 2 ) : m n ( m − n ) d ⇒ d = 2 ( n 2 − m 2 ) = − m n 2 ( m + n )
Now we need to find:
S m + n ⇒ S 1 0 3 0 = 2 ( m + n ) [ 2 a + ( m + n − 1 ) d ] = 2 m [ 2 a + ( m − 1 ) d + n d ] + 2 n [ 2 a + ( n − 1 ) d + m d ] = S m + 2 m n d + S n + 2 n m d = n + m + m n d = n + m − m n ( m n 2 ( m + n ) ) = − ( m + n ) = S 1 0 0 1 + 2 9 = − 1 0 3 0