ARITHEMATIC
PROGRESSION PPT
PRESENTATION
BY
D.NANDHA
CLASS 10
WHAT IS MEANT BY AN
ARITHMETIC
PROGRESSION
AN ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION IS AN
SERIES OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO
CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS IS CALLED AN
ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION (A.P)
EXAMPLE: 2,5,8,11,14
SOME IMPORTANT TERMS FOR
ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
(A.P)
COMMON DIFFERENCE
NTH TERM
SUM OF ALL NTH TERM
FIRST TERM . ETC
WHAT IS MEANT BY AN
AND INFINITE NON INFINITE TERM
AN FINITE TERM IS AN AN INFINITE TERM IS AN
AP WHICH IS PRESENT AP WHICH IS PRESENT
IN THE NUMBER OF IN THE NUMBER OF
FINITE TERMS INFINITE TERMS
FORMULA IN A.P
COMMON DIFFERENCE
Nth TERM
SUM OF NTH TERM
Common
difference
the difference between two consecutive
terms of an arithmetic progression.
d = a2 – a1 = a3 – a2 = ……. = an –
Nth term of an
A.P
the nth term an = a + (n – 1) d. So, the nth term an of the AP with
first term 'a' and common difference d is given by an = a + (n – 1) d.
an is also called the general term of the AP.
FORMULA :an = a + (n – 1) d
SUM OF Nth TERM
We use the first term (a), the common difference
(d), and the total number of terms (n) in the AP to
find its sum. The formula used to find the sum of n
terms of an arithmetic sequence is
Sn=n2(2a+(n−1)d)
APPLICATIONS
OF ARITHMETIC
PROGRESSION IN
OUR DAILY LIFE