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3 Terms in arithmetic progressions

(a) State the common difference of each of the following arithmetic progressions
1. 2, 6, 10, 14, 2. 21, 18, 15, 12,

[4] [3]
3. -6, 1, 8, 15, 4. -12, -9, -6, -3,

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1 7 5 13 1 5 3 5
5. , , , , ... 6. - , - , - , - , ...
3 12 6 12 3 6 4 4

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(b) Find the tenth term and the twentieth term of the following arithmetic progressions
1. 2, 6, 10, 14, 2. 21, 18, 15, 12,

[38 ; 78] [-6 ; -36]

3. -6, 1, 8, 15, 4. -12, -9, -6, -3,

[57 ; 127] [15 ; 45]

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(c) Calculate the number of terms in each of the following arithmetic progressions
1. 2, 6, 10, , 82 2. 21, 18, 15, , -66.

[21] [30]
3. -6, 1, 8, , 190 4. -12, -9, -6, , 36

[29] [17]

(d) Further Practice

1. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression 2. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression
are k-2, k+2, 2k+1. Find the value of k. are k-3, 2k-3, k+1. Find the value of k.

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3. The nth term of an arithmetic progression is given 4. The nth term of an arithmetic progression is given
by Tn = 3n + 1. Find by Tn = 4n - 9. Find
(a) the first term, (a) the first term,
(b) the common difference. (b) the common difference.

[4 ; 3] [-5 ; 6]
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5. Given an arithmetic progression 2, 6, 10, 14, , 6. Given an arithmetic progression -12, -9, -6, -3, ,
find the smallest value of n such that the nth term is find the greatest value of n such that the nth term is
greater than 100. smaller than 200.

[26] [71]
7. The third term and eighth term of an arithmetic 8. The fourth term and ninth term of an arithmetic
progression are 6 and 31 respectively. Find the progression are 9 and 29 respectively. Find the
first term and the common difference. first term and the common difference.

[-4 ; 5] [-3 ; 4]

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