Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Provide 2 methods of finding variable x is the terms 1,6x+2,13,19,..are terms of an a.p.

If the given series it's an arithmetical progression, that
means that each term, beginning from the second one, is the sum between previous term
and a constant amount, called common difference.


We can
find the ratio in this
way:


19=13+d


19-13=d


d=6


Based
on this rule, we can write the term 6x+2 =
1+d


6x+2=1+6


6x = 7 -
2


x = 5/6


Another way of
solving the problem would be to consider the
term


(6x+2)=(1+13)/2.


6x+2=7


6x=7-2


6x=5


x=5/6


Both
ways, we've get the same value for the variable x, namely x =
5/6.

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