SELECT * FROM question_mgmt as q WHERE id=1006 AND status=1 SELECT id,question_no,question,chapter FROM question_mgmt as q WHERE courseId=2 AND subId=6 AND chapterId=80 and ex_no='2' AND status=1 ORDER BY CAST(question_no AS UNSIGNED)

Question:

If the sum of first p terms of an A.P. is equal to the sum of the first q terms, then find the sum of the first (p + q) terms.

Answer:

Let a and d be the first term and the common difference of the A.P. respectively.

Here,

\begin{align} S_p = \frac{p}{2}\left[2a+(p-1)d\right]\end{align}

\begin{align} S_q = \frac{q}{2}\left[2a+(q-1)d\right]\end{align}

According to the given condition,

\begin{align} \frac{p}{2}\left[2a+(p-1)d\right]=\frac{q}{2}\left[2a+(q-1)d\right]\end{align}

\begin{align} ⇒p\left[2a+(p-1)d\right]=q\left[2a+(q-1)d\right]\end{align}

\begin{align} ⇒2ap + pd(p-1)=2aq+qd(q-1)\end{align}

\begin{align} ⇒2a(p-q) +d[p(p-1)-q(q-1)]=0\end{align}

\begin{align} ⇒2a(p-q) +d[p^2 -p -q^2 +q]=0\end{align}

\begin{align} ⇒2a(p-q) +d[(p-q)(p+q)-(p-q)]=0\end{align}

\begin{align} ⇒2a(p-q) +d[(p-q)(p+q-1)]=0\end{align}

\begin{align} ⇒2a +d(p+q-1)=0\end{align}

\begin{align} ⇒d=\frac{-2a}{p+q-1} \;\;\;\;...(1)\end{align}

\begin{align} \therefore S_{p+q}=\frac{p+q}{2}\left[2a+(p+q-1).d\right] \end{align}

\begin{align} ⇒ S_{p+q}=\frac{p+q}{2}\left[2a+(p+q-1).\left(\frac{-2a}{p+q-1}\right)\right] \;\;\;\; [From (1)] \end{align}

\begin{align}=\frac{p+q}{2}\left[2a-2a\right]\end{align}

\begin{align}=0\end{align}

Thus, the sum of the first (p + q) terms of the A.P. is 0.

 


< Previous Question

Next Question >

SELECT ex_no,question,question_no,id,chapter FROM question_mgmt as q WHERE courseId='2' AND subId='6' AND ex_no!=0 AND status=1 and id!=1006 ORDER BY views desc, last_viewed_on desc limit 0,10

  • Popular questions of class 11 Mathematics

SELECT ex_no,question,question_no,id,chapter FROM question_mgmt as q WHERE courseId='2' AND subId='6' AND ex_no!=0 AND status=1 and id!=1006 ORDER BY last_viewed_on desc limit 0,10

  • Recently Viewed Questions of Class 11 Mathematics

Comments

  • Answered by Ekta Mehta
  • 4 months ago

Taking Screenshots on your Samsung Galaxy M31s is very easy and quick.

  • Answered by Ekta Mehta
  • 4 months ago

Taking Screenshots on your Samsung Galaxy M31s is very easy and quick.

  • Answered by Ekta Mehta
  • 4 months ago

Taking Screenshots on your Samsung Galaxy M31s is very easy and quick.

Comment(s) on this Question


Important links

Quick Links

Resources

Support