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The sum of the terms of an arithmetic progression with three terms is 36. If the sum of their squares is 504, find the sum of their cubes.


The answer is 7776.

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a = s e c o n d t e r m a=second~term

d = c o m m o n d i f f e r e n c e d=common~difference

So the terms are a d , a a-d,a and a + d a+d . Then

a d + a + a + d = 36 a-d+a+a+d=36

3 a = 36 3a=36

a = 12 a=12

and

( a d ) 2 + a 2 + ( a + d ) 2 = 504 (a-d)^2+a^2+(a+d)^2=504

( 12 d ) + 1 2 2 + ( 12 + d ) 2 = 504 (12-d)+12^2+(12+d)^2=504

144 24 d + d 2 + 144 + 144 + 24 d + d 2 = 504 144-24d+d^2+144+144+24d+d^2=504

2 d 2 = 72 2d^2=72

d 2 = 36 d^2=36

d = ± 6 d=\pm 6

So the numbers are 6 , 12 6,12 and 18 18 . The sum of their cubes is 6 3 + 1 2 3 + 1 8 3 = 7776 6^3+12^3+18^3=\boxed{7776}

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