题目
An arithmetic progression has first term 2 and common difference . The sum of the first terms is denoted by .
(a) It is given that , , are the first three terms of a second arithmetic progression.
Find the value of .
(b) Hence find the difference between the values of the 15th terms of the two arithmetic progressions.
题目中文翻译
一个等差数列的首项为 2,公差为 。前 项和记为 。
(a) 已知 、、 是第二个等差数列的前三项。
求 的值。
(b) 由此,求两个等差数列第 15 项的值之差。
解答
(a)
解法一
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先用第一个数列的求和公式写出三项。它们又组成等差数列,所以两端项之和等于中项的两倍。
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For the first progression, . Therefore
Using the arithmetic condition for these three terms,
Hence .
(b)
解法一
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分别求两个数列的第 项。第二个数列的首项和公差可由 (a) 中的前两项得到。
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The 15th term of the first progression is . For the second progression, the first two terms are and , so its common difference is . Its 15th term is . The difference is