CLASS 10 MATH NCERT SOLUTIONS FOR CHAPTER – 5 ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS EX – 5.4

Arithmetic Progressions

Question 1.
Which term of the AP: 121, 117. 113, ….., is its first negative term?

Solution:
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 84

Question 2.
The sum of the third term and the seventh term of an AP is 6 and their product is 8. Fibd the sum of first sixteen terms of the AP?

Solution:
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 85
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 86

Question 3.
A ladder has rungs 25 cm apart. The rungs decrease uniformly in length from 45 cm at the bottom to 25 at the top. If the top and the bottom rungs are { 2 }\frac { 1 }{ 2 } m apart, what is the length of the wood required for the rungs?

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 87


Solution:
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 88
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 89

Question 4.
The houses of a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Show that there is value of x such that the sum of the numbers of the houses preceding the house numbered x is equal to the sum of the numbers of the houses following it. Find this value of x.

Solution:
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 90
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 91

Question 5.
A small terrace at a football ground comprises of 15 steps each of which is 50  m long and built of solid concrete. Each step has a rise of \frac { 1 }{ 2 } m and a tread of \frac { 1 }{ 2 } m. Calculate the total volume of concrete required to build the terrace.

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 92


Solution:
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 93
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions 94