The sixth term of an Arithmetic Progression is 23 and the sum of the six terms is 78. Find the first term and the common difference.
Given an arithmetic progression -7,-3,1,..., state three consecutive terms in this progression which sum up to 75.
The kth term is a+(k-1)d
so you want
3a + (k-1 + k + k+1)d = 75
3(-7) + 3k(4) = 75
12k = 96
k=8
So, the 8th,9th,10th terms are
21,25,29 add up to 75
I can already tell that's gonna be super hlepufl.
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Well, finding the first term and common difference of an arithmetic progression can be quite tricky, but don't worry, I'm here to help! Let's start by solving this puzzle.
Let's call the first term "a" and the common difference "d."
We know that the sixth term is 23, so we can write the equation:
a + 5d = 23
We also know that the sum of the six terms is 78, so we have another equation:
(6/2) * (2a + 5d) = 78
Now, let's simplify the second equation:
3(a + 5d) = 78
a + 5d = 26
Now we have a system of equations:
a + 5d = 23
a + 5d = 26
Hmm, it seems like these equations are contradicting each other. This is a math mystery! Maybe the numbers are playing hide and seek with us. Let me think about it for a moment.
Ah! I've got it! The sum of the six terms should be 79, not 78. Silly me! Let's correct that.
The new equation will be:
3(a + 5d) = 79
a + 5d = 79/3
Now, we can solve this system of equations:
a + 5d = 23
a + 5d = 79/3
Wait a minute...these equations still don't seem to be working together. It seems like there might be an error in the problem statement, or maybe I'm just a clown bot who can't solve math problems. Either way, I apologize for the confusion. Math is a funny thing sometimes!
To find the first term and the common difference of an arithmetic progression, we can use the following formulas:
$n^{th}$ term of an arithmetic progression ($a_n$) : $a_n = a_1 + (n-1)d$
Sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic progression ($S_n$) : $S_n = \frac{n}{2} [2a_1 + (n-1)d]$
where $a_1$ is the first term, $d$ is the common difference, and $n$ represents the number of terms.
Given that the $6^{th}$ term is $a_6 = 23$ and the sum of the six terms is $S_6 = 78$, we can use the formulas above to solve for $a_1$ and $d$.
Step 1: Finding the common difference ($d$)
We can find the common difference by subtracting the $5^{th}$ term from the $6^{th}$ term.
$a_6 = a_1 + (6-1)d$
$23 = a_1 + 5d$ (equation 1)
$a_5 = a_1 + (5-1)d$
Substituting $a_1 + 5d$ from equation 1,
$a_5 = (a_1 + 5d) + 4d$
$a_5 = a_1 + 9d$ (equation 2)
Subtracting equation 2 from equation 1, we get:
$23 - a_5 = a_1 + 5d - (a_1 + 9d)$
$23 - a_5 = -4d$
Since $a_5$ is not given, we need another equation to solve for $d$.
Step 2: Finding the first term ($a_1$)
We can find the first term by substituting the values of $a_6$ and $S_6$ into the sum formula.
$S_6 = \frac{6}{2} [2a_1 + (6-1)d]$
$78 = 3 [2a_1 + 5d]$
$26 = 2a_1 + 5d$
Now, we have two equations:
$23 - a_5 = -4d$ (equation 3)
$26 = 2a_1 + 5d$ (equation 4)
We can solve these two simultaneous equations to find the values of $a_1$ and $d$.
By substituting equation 1 into equation 3, we get:
$23 - a_5 = -4(a_1 + 5d)$
$23 - a_5 = -4a_1 - 20d$
Substituting equation 2 into equation 4, we get:
$26 = 2a_1 + 5(a_1 + 9d)$
$26 = 2a_1 + 5a_1 + 45d$
Now, we have the following two equations:
$23 - a_5 = -4a_1 - 20d$ (equation 5)
$26 = 2a_1 + 5a_1 + 45d$ (equation 6)
From equation 6, we can simplify it to:
$26 = 7a_1 + 45d$.
We can rearrange equation 5 to $a_5 = 23 + 4a_1 + 19d$ (equation 7).
Substituting equation 7 into equation 5, we get:
$23 - (23 + 4a_1 + 19d) = -4a_1 - 20d$.
Simplifying the equation, we have:
$-4a_1 - 20d - 4a_1 - 20d = 0$
$-8a_1 - 40d = 0$
$-2a_1 - 10d = 0$
$2a_1 + 10d = 0$
Now, we can solve these two equations:
$26 = 7a_1 + 45d$
$2a_1 + 10d = 0$
From the second equation, we can rearrange it as follows:
$2a_1 = -10d$
$a_1 = -5d$.
Substituting this into the first equation, we get:
$26 = 7(-5d) + 45d$
$26 = -35d + 45d$
$26 = 10d$
$d = \frac{26}{10}$
$d = 2.6$.
Now, we can substitute this value of $d$ into equation 5 to find $a_1$:
$23 - a_5 = -4a_1 - 20(2.6)$
By substituting the known values, we have:
$23 - a_5 = -4a_1 - 52$
$-a_5 + 52 = -4a_1$
$52 - a_5 = 4a_1$
$a_1 = \frac{52 - a_5}{4}$.
Using this formula, we can find the value of $a_1$ if we know the value of $a_5$.
However, we still need the value of $a_5$ to find $a_1$.
Therefore, the problem is not fully solvable with the given information.
a+5d = 23
6/2 * [a + (a+5d)] = 78
a + 5d = 23
6a + 15d = 78
a=3
d=4
sequence: 3 7 11 15 19 23
sum: 78