SOLUTION: The sum of all terms of the arithmetic progression having ten terms except for the first term is 99 and except for the sixth term 89. Find the third term of the progression

Question 743400: The sum of all terms of the arithmetic progression having ten terms except for the first term is 99 and except for the sixth term 89. Find the third term of the progression if the sum of the first term and the fifth term is equal to 10.
Found 2 solutions by KMST, mananth:
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= first term
= common difference
= sum of all 10 terms

The sum of all terms of the arithmetic progression except for the first term is 99 translates into

The sum of all terms of the arithmetic progression except for the sixth term 89 translates into

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The nth term in an arithmetic progression is given by the formula
so
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We are told that the sum of the first term and the fifth term is equal to 10.
The fifth term is
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The sum of the first term and the fifth term is
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Knowing that the first term is and the common difference is we can calculate the third term as
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of all terms of the arithmetic progression having ten terms except for the first term is 99 and except for the sixth term 89. Find the third term of the progression if the sum of the first term and the fifth term is equal to 10.

Sn = n/2[2a+(n-1)d]
S10 = 5[2a+(9)d]
S1= 1/2{2a]=>a
5[2a+9d]-a=99
5[2a+9d]-a=99
9a+45d=99
/9
a+5d=11....................(1)

t6=a+5d..........................(2)
5[2a+9d]-11=89
10a+45d=100...............................(3)

solve (1) & (3)
a=1, d=2
t3=1+4
t3=5

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