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vekshin1
3 years ago
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prove that if the number of terms of an A.P is odd then the middle term is the A P between the first and last term???​

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svet-max [94.6K]3 years ago
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Prove that if the number of terms of an A.P is odd then the middle term is the A.M between the first and last term???​

<em><u>Answer:</u></em>

Proved that when number of terms of an A.P is odd then the middle term is the A .M between the first and last term

<em><u>Solution:</u></em>

To prove: If the number of terms of an A.P is odd then the middle term is the A .M between the first and last term

Proof:

Let the arithmetic progression be:

a, a + d, a + 2d, ........., (2n + 1) terms

As the number of terms are odd, the nth term is (2n + 1)

The middle term of (2n + 1)th term is:

\rightarrow \frac{(2n + 1 + 1)}{2} = \frac{2n + 2}{2}= (n + 1)

Hence middle term is (n + 1)th term

The formula for nth term of arithmetic progression is:

a_n = a + (n - 1)d  ------- (i)

Where n is the terms location and "d" is the common difference between terms

Thus middle term is: (n + 1)th term

From (i)

\text{ middle term } = a + (n + 1 - 1)d = a + nd  ----- (ii)

Arithmetic mean between first and last term:

The nth term is (2n + 1)

Hence nth term (last term) is:

From (i)

\rightarrow a + (2n + 1 - 1)d = a + 2nd

So Arithmetic mean between 1st & last term is:

First term of A.P = a

Arithmetic mean between first and last term = (first term + last term)/2

\rightarrow \frac{a + a + 2nd}{2}\\\\\rightarrow \frac{2a + 2nd}{2}\\\\\rightarrow a + nd  ----- (iii)

Thus from steps (ii) and (iii)

Middle term = AM of 1st and last terms [Proved]

Thus proved that when number of terms of an A.P is odd then the middle term is the A .M between the first and last term

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