insert two arithmetic means between 2 and 14
insert three arithmetic means between 6 and 16
insert four arithmetic means between 9 and 24
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Answer:
The numbers 10, 16, and 22 are three arithmetic means between 4 and 28. Looking at it another way, in any arithmetic sequence, any given term is the average of the term before it and the term after it. Thus, an arithmetic mean is any term of an arithmetic sequence.
Arithmetic Means
Sometimes you are given two terms of a sequence, but they are not successive terms of that sequence. The terms between any two non-successive terms of an arithmetic sequence are called arithmetic means. In the sequence below, 41, 52, and 63 are the three arithmetic means between 30 and 74.
3 arithmetic means
3 arithmetic means between 30 and 74
Example 1: Find Arithmetic Means
Find the four arithmetic means between 16 and 91.
You can use the nth term formula to find the common difference. In the sequence 16, ? , ? , ? , ? , 91, …, a1 is 16 and a6 is 91.
Formula for the nth term, an=a1+(n-1)d.
a6=a1+(6-1)d
a1=16, a6=91, n=6
91=16+5d
⅕(91-16)=d
d=15
Now use the value of d to find the four arithmetic means.
common difference f
The arithmetic means are 31, 46, 61, and 76. CHECK 76+15=91 ✓
Study Tip
Alternate Method
You may prefer this method. The four means will be 16+d, 16+2d, 16+3d, and 16+4d. The common difference is d=91-(16+4d) or d=15.
Example 2. Insert four numbers between 3 and 12 so that all six numbers are in arithmetic sequence.
solution:
Suppose the common difference is d.
∴ the numbers are 3, 3+d, 3+2d, 3+3d, 3+4d, and 12
3+5d=12
5d=9→d=9/5=1.8
So, the sequence is 3, 4.8, 6.6, 8.4, 10.2, 12.
Example 3. Find five arithmetic means between 2 and 23.
solution:
Five arithmetic means between 2 and 23 will form a sequence of seven terms. Use the formula for a7 to find the common difference:
a7=a1+(n-1)d
23=2-(7-1)d
23=2-6d
21=6d
7/2=d
Evaluate a2, a3, a4, a5, and a6:
evaluate terms a
Answer: The five arithmetic means are 5½, 9, 12½, 16, and 19½.
Arithmetic Means between a and b
The number A1, A2, A3, …, An are said to be n arithmetic means between a and b if a, A1, A2, A3, …, An, b are in A.P. We may obtain the arithmetic means between two numbers by using an=a+(n-1)d to find d, and the means can then be computed.
Example 4. Insert three A.M’s between-18 and 4.
Solution:
Let A1, A2, A3 be the required A.M’s between-18 and 4, then-18, A1, A2, A3, 4 are in A.P.
Here a=-18, n=5, a5=4, d=? Using an=a+(n-1)d
a5=-18+(5-1)d
4=-18+4d
4+18=4d
d=22÷4=5½
Therefore A1=2nd term=a+d
=-18+5½=-12½
A2=3rd term=A1+d=-12½+5½=-7
Thus the required A.M’s are-12, -7, -1½.
Series:
The sum of the terms of a sequence is called as ‘series’. For example: 1, 4, 9, 16, … is a sequence. Sum of the terms of sequence i.e., 1+4+9+16+… represent a series.
Example 5. Insert five numbers between 8 and 26 such that the resulting sequence is an A.P.
Solution:
Let A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5 be five numbers between 8 and 26 such that 8, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, 26 is an A.P.
Here, a=8, b=26, n=7
Therefore, 26=8+(7-1)d
6d=26-8=18
d=3
A1=a+d=8+3=11
A2=a+2d=8+2⋅3=8+6=14
A3=a+3d=8+3⋅3=8+9=17
A4=a+4d=8+4⋅3=8+12=20
A5=a+5d=8+5⋅3=8+15=23
Thus, the required five numbers between 8 and 26 are 11, 14, 17, 20, and 23.
Example 6. Suppose {an} is an arithmetic sequence with a8=6 and a12=-4. Find a, d, and the three terms between a8 and a12.
Solution:
From Equation (1), a8=a+7d, and a12=a+11d, from which the difference is given by a12–a8=4d. Use the given values for :18 and an to get-4-6=4d, or d=-5/2 Substitute-5/2 for din 6=a+7d and solve for a, a=47/2. Find the three terms between a8 and a12 by successively adding-5/2:
a9=a8-5/2=7/2, a10=a9-5/2=1, a11=a10-5/2=-3/2.
Therefore, a9 is 7/2, a10 is 1, and a11 is-3/2.
Arithmetic mean
Given two numbers a and b. We can insert a number A between them so that a, A, b is an A.P. Such a number A is called the arithmetic mean (A.M.) of the numbers a and b. Note that, in this case, we have
A-a=b-A→A=½(a+b)
We may also interpret the A.M. between two numbers a and b as their a+b average ½(a+b). For example, the A.M. of two numbers 4 and 16 is 10. We have, thus constructed an A.P. 4, 10, 16 by inserting a number 10 between 4 and 16. The natural question now arises: Can we insert two or more numbers between given two numbers so that the resulting sequence comes out to be an A.P.? Observe that two numbers 8 and 12 can be inserted between 4 and 16 so that the resulting sequence 4, 8, 12, 16 becomes an A.P.
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