Shortcut Methods
Shortcuts and Tricks for JEE/CBSE Numericals
Arithmetic Progressions (AP)
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If
and are the first and last terms, and the number of terms in an AP, then the sum of the terms, , is given by: -
The
-th term, , of an AP with first term and common difference is given by:
Geometric Progressions (GP)
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The sum of the first
terms of a GP with first term and common ratio is given by: -
The
-th term, , of a GP with first term and common ratio is given by:
Harmonic Progressions (HP)
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The sum of the first
terms of a HP with first term and common difference is given by: -
The
-th term, , of a HP with first term and common difference is given by: