Progression

Algebra Level 1

An arithmetic progression is composed of 100 100 terms. The first three terms are 5 , 10 5,10 and 15 15 . Find the sum of the last three terms.


The answer is 1485.

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2 solutions

The first terms are

a 1 = 5 a_1=5 , a 2 = 10 a_2=10 and a 3 = 15 a_3=15

common difference, d = 15 10 = 10 5 = 5 d=15-10=10-5=5

Computing for the last three terms, we have

a 100 = a 1 + 99 d = 5 + 99 ( 5 ) = 500 a_{100}=a_1+99d=5+99(5)=500

a 99 = a 1 + 98 d = 5 + 98 ( 5 ) = 495 a_{99}=a_1+98d=5+98(5)=495

a 98 = a 1 + 97 d = 5 + 97 ( 5 ) = 490 a_{98}=a_1+97d=5+97(5)=490

Finally, the sum of the last three terms is

500 + 495 + 490 = 500+495+490= 1485 \boxed{1485}

Zach Abueg
Apr 23, 2017

The n t h n^{th} term for this sequence is a n = 5 n a_n = 5n .

a 98 + a 99 + a 100 a_{98} + a_{99} + a_{100}

= 5 ( 98 + 99 + 100 ) = 5(98 + 99 + 100)

= 5 ( 300 3 ) = 5(300 - 3)

= 1500 15 = 1500 - 15

= 1485 = 1485

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