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What is the arithmetic mean of first 20 terms of an AP whose first term is 5 and 4th term is 20?

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The correct option is B 52.5
$a = 5, t_{4} = a + 3 d = 20 \Rightarrow d = 5$
A.M is the middle number =average of $10^{t h}$ & $11^{t h}$ number $= \frac{50 + 55}{2} = 52.5$
(or) $A . M = \frac{S n}{n} = \frac{1}{2} [2 a + (n - 1) d]$ where a=5, n =20, d=5 $\Rightarrow$ A.M =52.5

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What is the arithmetic mean of first 20 terms of an AP whose first term is 5 and 4th term is 20?

The correct option is B 52.5a=5,t4=a+3d=20⇒d=5 A.M is the middle number =average of 10th & 11th number =50+552=52.5 (or) A.M=Snn=12[2a+(n−1)d] where a=5, n =20, d=5 ⇒ A.M =52.5

The correct option is B 52.5
$a = 5, t_{4} = a + 3 d = 20 \Rightarrow d = 5$
A.M is the middle number =average of $10^{t h}$ & $11^{t h}$ number $= \frac{50 + 55}{2} = 52.5$
(or) $A . M = \frac{S n}{n} = \frac{1}{2} [2 a + (n - 1) d]$ where a=5, n =20, d=5 $\Rightarrow$ A.M =52.5