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nth term of AP
Question

If an denotes the nth term of the AP 3, 8, 13, 18, ..... then what is the value of (a30 – a20) ?

50

56

36

40

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Solution

Here a = 3 and d = 5

    (a30 – a20) = (3 + 29 × 5) – (3 + 19 × 5) = 148 – 98 = 50.