Insert five numbers between 11 and 29 such that the resulting sequence is an AP.
To find: Five numbers between 11 and 29, which are in A.P.
Given: (i) The numbers are 11 and 29
Formula used: (i) $A_{n}=a+(n-1) d$
Let the five numbers be $A_{1}, A_{2}, A_{3}, A_{4}$ and $A_{5}$
According to question $11, A_{1}, A_{2}, A_{3}, A_{4}, A_{5}$ and 29 are in A.P.
We can see that the number of terms in this series is 7
For the above series:-
$a=11, n=7$
$\mathrm{A}_{7}=29$
Using formula, $A_{n}=a+(n-1) d$
$\Rightarrow \mathrm{A}_{7}=11+(7-1) \mathrm{d}=29$
$\Rightarrow 6 \mathrm{~d}=29-11$
$\Rightarrow 6 \mathrm{~d}=18$
$\Rightarrow \mathrm{d}=3$
We can see from the definition that $A_{1}, A_{2}, A_{3}, A_{4}$ and $A_{5}$ are five arithmetic mean between 11 and 29 , where $d=3, a=11$
Therefore, Using formula of arithmetic mean i.e. $A_{n}=a+n d$
$A_{1}=a+n d$
$=11+3$
$=14$
$\mathrm{A}_{2}=\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{nd}$
$=11+(2) 3$
$=17$
$\mathrm{~A}_{3}=\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{nd}$
$=11+(3) 3$
$=20$
$A_{4}=a+n d$
$=11+(4) 3$
$=23$
$A_{5}=a+n d$
$=11+(5) 3$
$=26$
Ans) 14, 17, 20, 23 and 26 are the required numbers.