Wednesday 25 December 2013

sequences and series - Find number of terms in arithmetic progression




In a arithmetic progression sum of first four terms sum :
$$a_1+a_2+a_3+a_4=124$$



and sum of last four terms :
$$a_n+a_{n-1}+a_{n-2}+a_{n-3}=156$$
and sum of arithmetic progression is :
$$S_n=350$$



$$n=?$$




How to find $n$? I tried using arithmetic progression sum formulas but getting negative or fractional numbers.


Answer



One has $a_1+a_2+a_3+a_4+a_{n-3}+a_{n-2}+a_{n-1}+a_n=280$. The mean of those
eight terms is $35$, so the mean of $a_1,\ldots,a_n$ is also $35$. The sum
of those $n$ terms is $n$ times their mean, and is $350$. So now you can read
off $n$.


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