Quiz Discussion

If the nth term of an A.P. is 2n + 1, then the sum of first n terms of the A.P. is

• 1] n(n - 2)
• 2] n(n + 2)
• 3] n(n + 1)
• 4] n(n - 1)

What is the sum of the following series? -64, -66, -68, ......, -100

• 1] -1458
• 2] -1558
• 3] -1568
• 4] -1664

If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n2 + 5n then which of its terms is 164 ?

• 1] 26th
• 2] 27th
• 3] 28th
• 4] None of these

The sum of the first four terms of an A.P. is 56. The sum of the last four terms is 112. If its first term is 11, the number of terms is

• 1]

  10

• 2]

  11

• 3]

  12

• 4]

  13

In an A.P., if d = -4, n = 7, a_n = 4, then a is

• 1]

  6

• 2]

  7

• 3]

  20

• 4]

  28

For A.P. T18 - T8 = ........ ?

• 1] d
• 2] 10d
• 3] 26d
• 4] 2d

The 2^nd and 8^th term of an arithmetic progression are 17 and -1 respectively. What is the 14^th term?

• 1]

  -19

• 2]

  -22

• 3]

  -20

• 4]

  -25

For an A.P. if a25 - a20 = 45, then d equals to:

• 1] 9
• 2] -9
• 3] 18
• 4] 23

Let S denotes the sum of n terms of an A.P. whose first term is a. If the common difference d is given by d = S_n – k S_n-1 + S_n-2 then k =

• 1]

  1

• 2]

  2

• 3]

  3

• 4]

  4

A bacteria gives birth to two new bacteria in each second and the life span of each bacteria is 5 seconds. The process of the reproduction is continuous until the death of the bacteria. initially there is one newly born bacteria at time t = 0, the find the total number of live bacteria just after 10 seconds :

• 1]

  \(\frac{{{3^{10}}}}{2}\)

• 2]

  310 - 210

• 3]

  243 × (35 -1)

• 4]

  310 - 25

• 5]

  None of these