NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths
Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions Exercise 5.1
Page No: 99
Question 1. In which of the following situations, does the list of numbers involved make as arithmetic progression and why?
(i) The taxi fare after each km when the fare is Rs 15 for the first km and Rs 8 for each additional km.
(ii) The amount of air present in a cylinder when a vacuum pump removes 1/4 of the air remaining in the cylinder at a time.
(iii) The cost of digging a well after every metre of digging, when it costs Rs 150 for the first metre and rises by Rs 50 for each subsequent metre.
(iv) The amount of money in the account every year, when Rs 10000 is deposited at compound interest at 8% per annum.
Solution :
Concept Insight: To crack such problems read the question carefully, analyse and then write the data the initial value changes in a particular pattern. But the sequence represents an arithmetic progression if the difference of any two consecutive terms is constant.