PSY-SOLUTION

Ar|thmet|c
Frogress|on
PSY-SOLUTION
$equence: / |i:I cf numLer:
hcving :pecific re|cIicn
LeIween Ihe ccn:ecuIive
Ierm: i: generc||y cc||ec c
:euence.
e.g. 1, 3, 5, 7,... {nexI Ierm
Ic c Ierm i: cLIcinec Ly
cccing 2 wiIh iI)
& 2, , 18, 54,...{ nexI Ierm
Ic c Ierm i: cLIcinec Ly
mu|Iip|ying 3 wiIh iI)
PSY-SOLUTION
Ar|thmet|c Frogress|on: f vcricu:
Ierm: cf c :euence cre fcrmec Ly
cccing c fixec numLer Ic Ihe
previcu: Ierm cr Ihe cifference
LeIween Iwc :ucce::ive Ierm: i:
c fixec numLer, Ihen Ihe :euence
i: cc||ec /F.
e.g. 2, 4, , 8, ... Ihe :euence cf
even numLer: i: cn excmp|e cf /F
PSY-SOLUTION
ommon D|||erence -
%he fixec numLer which i:
cLIcinec Ly :uLIrccIing cny
Ierm cf /F frcm iI: previcu:
Ierm.
f we Icke
fir:I Ierm cf cn /F c: ,
,nd Ccmmcn Difference c: d,
%hen,
nth term o| th,t AF w||| be
t[n} = , [n-1} d
PSY-SOLUTION
%he sum o| n terms, we finc c:,
Sum = n X |{fir:I Ierm + |c:I Ierm) / 2]
Ncw |c:I Ierm wi|| Le = c + {n-1) c
%herefcre,
Sum =n X |{c + c + {n-1) c } /2 ]
= n/2 [ 2, [n1}d]
PSY-SOLUTION
%he d|||erence between two terms o| ,n
AF c,n be |ormu|,ted ,s be|ow:-
nth term - kth term
= t[n} - t[k}
= {, [n-1}d} - { , [k-1} d }
= , nd - d - , - kd d = nd - kd
Hence,
t[n} - t[k} = [n - k} d
PSY-SOLUTION
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