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10 Maths Keypoints Chapter 5

This document discusses arithmetic progressions (AP), which are sequences where each term after the first term is calculated by adding a constant value, or common difference, to the previous term. The three key points are: 1) An AP has a general form of a, a + d, a + 2d, etc, where a is the first term and d is the common difference added each time. 2) The nth term can be calculated as an = a + (n - 1)d. 3) The sum of the first n terms is calculated as Sn = (n/2)(2a + (n - 1)d) or using the first and last terms.

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10 Maths Keypoints Chapter 5

This document discusses arithmetic progressions (AP), which are sequences where each term after the first term is calculated by adding a constant value, or common difference, to the previous term. The three key points are: 1) An AP has a general form of a, a + d, a + 2d, etc, where a is the first term and d is the common difference added each time. 2) The nth term can be calculated as an = a + (n - 1)d. 3) The sum of the first n terms is calculated as Sn = (n/2)(2a + (n - 1)d) or using the first and last terms.

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CHAPTER 2

ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

KEY POINTS
1. Sequence : A set of numbers arranged in some definite order and formed
according to some rules is called a sequence.
2. Progression : The sequence that follows a certain pattern is called
progression.
3. Arithmetic Progression : A sequence in which the difference obtained
by substracting any term from its proceeding term is constant throughout,
is called an arithmetic sequence or arithmetic progression (A.P.).
The general form of an A.P. is a, a + d, a + 2d, ..... (a : first term d :
common difference).
4. General Term : If ‘a’ is the first term and ‘d’ is common difference in an
A.P., then nth term (general term) is given by an = a + (n – 1) d .
5. Sum of n Terms of An A.P. : If ‘a’ is the first term and ‘d’ is the common
difference of an A.P., then sum of first n terms is given by
n
Sn 
2
2a   n  1 d 
If ‘l’ is the last term of a finite A.P., then the sum is given by

n
Sn 
2
a  l  .
6. (i) If an is given, then common difference d = an – an–1.
(ii) If sn is given, then nth term is given by an = sn – sn–1.

(iii) If a, b, c are in A.P., then 2b = a + c.

(iv) If a sequence has n terms, its rth term from the end = (n – r + 1)th
term from the beginning.

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