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Question 12
Two APs have the same common difference. The difference between their 100th terms is 100, what is the difference between their 1000th terms?

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Let the first term of these A.Ps be m and n respectively and the common difference of these A.Ps be d.

For the first A.P,
a100=m+(1001)d
a100=m+99d ...(i)
a1000=m+(10001)d
a1000=m+999d ...(ii)

For the second A.P,
b100=n+(1001)d
b100=n+99d ...(iii)
b1000=n+999d ...(iv)

Given that, the difference between the 100th terms is 100
a100b100=m+99dn99d
100=mn ...(v)

Hence, the difference between the 1000th terms is
a1000b1000=m+999dn999d
=mn (from eq.(v))
=100

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