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Arithmetic Progressions

Finding the Common Difference - Arithmetic Progressions

Given the arithmetic progression

$10 ,7, 4, 1, x,$

what is $x$ ?

2 4 -2 -4

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My doctor gave me some pills with the following instructions:

"Take 12 pills on the first day, and then reduce the amount by 3 pills on each subsequent day until you don't have to take any."

When will be the first day that I don't have to take any pills?

seventh day sixth day fifth day fourth day

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Which of the following sequences is NOT an arithmetic progression?

(A) $\{ 11, 5, -1, -7, -13, \cdots \}$
(B) $\{ 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, \cdots \}$
(C) $\{ 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, \cdots \}$

A C B

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The numbers of red circles in each group in the above diagram form an arithmetic progression. What is the common difference?

6 8 10 12

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$2, a, 5, b, 8$

If the above numbers form an arithmetic progression, what is its common difference?

3

\frac32

6

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