Consider an arithmetic progression such that:
Find the 5 0 th term of this arithmetic progression.
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In one of the last few steps, I think you meant to type in a 5 0 instead of a 5 0 . Nice solution!
Your solution is rather long. You didn't notice that it could be solved faster
Let the first term be a and the common difference be d . From the given conditions:
T 4 = 2 2 a + 3 d = 2 2
S 4 − 6 d = 4 2 4 ( 2 a + 3 d ) − 6 d = 4 2 ( 2 a + 3 d ) − 6 d = 4 4 a + 6 d − 6 d = 4 4 a = 4 a = 1
Substitute to find d :
1 + 3 d = 2 2 3 d = 2 1 d = 7
Therefore,
T 5 0 = 1 + ( 4 9 ) ( 7 ) = 3 4 4
Nice solution (+1)
We know that:
1 − a 4 = a 1 + 3 d = 2 2
2 − S 4 = 2 ( a 1 + a 4 ) = 6 d + 4
From 2 :
S 4 = 2 ( a 1 + 2 2 ) = 6 d + 4
⟹ S 4 = a 1 + 2 2 = 3 d + 2
⟹ a 1 = − 2 0 + 3 d
From 1 :
2 2 = − 2 0 + 3 d + 3 d
⟹ 4 2 = 6 d ⟹ d = 7
Now, from the formula for the n th term of an arithmetic progression a n = a 1 + ( n − 1 ) d :
a 5 0 = a 1 + 4 9 d
a 5 0 = − 2 0 + 3 d + 4 9 ( 7 )
a 5 0 = − 2 0 + 3 ( 7 ) + 3 4 3 = 3 4 4 .
Nice solution (+1)
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Let the first term be a , common difference be d , a 4 be the fourth term, a 5 0 be 5 0 th term and sum of first 4 terms be S 4 .
a 4 2 2 S 4 6 d + 4 2 2 ( 3 d + 2 ) 3 d + 2 Substituting 1 in 2 : − 3 d + 2 a − 3 d Adding 1 and 3 : − 2 a a Substituting 4 in 1 : − 2 2 3 d d a 5 0 = a + ( 4 − 1 ) × d = a + 3 d ⟶ 1 = 2 4 × ( 2 a + ( 4 − 1 ) × d ) = 2 × ( a + a + 3 d ) = a + a + 3 d = a + a + 3 d ⟶ 2 = a + 2 2 = − 2 0 ⟶ 3 = 2 = 1 ⟶ 4 = 1 + 3 d = 2 1 = 7 = a + ( 5 0 − 1 ) d = 1 + 4 9 × 7 = 1 + 3 4 3 = 3 4 4