![Trending Articles on Technical and Non Technical topics](/images/trending_categories.jpeg)
Data Structure
Networking
RDBMS
Operating System
Java
MS Excel
iOS
HTML
CSS
Android
Python
C Programming
C++
C#
MongoDB
MySQL
Javascript
PHP
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Mathematics
English
Economics
Psychology
Social Studies
Fashion Studies
Legal Studies
- Selected Reading
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
- Developer's Best Practices
- Questions and Answers
- Effective Resume Writing
- HR Interview Questions
- Computer Glossary
- Who is Who
The sum of the first 7 terms of an A.P. is 63 and the sum of its next 7 terms is 161. Find the 28th term of this A.P.
Given:
The sum of the first 7 terms of an A.P. is 63 and the sum of its next 7 terms is 161.
To do:
We have to find the 28th term of the A.P.
Solution:
Let the first term of the A.P. be $a$ and the common difference be $d$.
We know that,
nth term of an A.P. $a_n=a+(n-1)d$
Sum of $n$ terms of an A.P. $S_n=\frac{n}{2}(2a+(n-1)d)$
Therefore,
$S_7=\frac{7}{2}(2a+(7-1)d)$
$63=\frac{7}{2}(2a+6d)$
$9=a+3d$
$a=9-3d$......(i)
Sum of the next 7 terms $=161$. This implies,
Sum of the first 14 terms $=161+63=224$
$S_{14}=\frac{14}{2}(2a+(14-1)d$
$224=7(2a+13d)$
$32=2(9-3d)+13d$ (From (i))
$32=18-6d+13d$
$7d=32-18$
$7d=14$
$d=2$
This implies,
$a=9-3(2)$
$=9-6$
$=3$
$\Rightarrow a_{28}=a+(28-1)d$
$=3+27(2)$
$=3+54$
$=57$
Hence, the 28th term of the given A.P. is $57$.
Advertisements