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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 8. sequence and series

In an arithmetic progression, if \(S_{40}=1030 \text { and } S_{12}=57 \text {, then } S_{30}-S_{10} \text { is equal to : }\)

  1. A 525
  2. B 510
  3. C 515
  4. D 505
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(C) 515

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\(\begin{aligned} & S_{40}=1030 \Rightarrow \frac{40}{2}[2 a+39 d]=1030 \\ & \Rightarrow \quad 2 a+39 d=\frac{103}{2}....(1) \\ & \quad S_{12}=57 \Rightarrow \frac{12}{2}[2 a+11 d]=57 \\ & \Rightarrow \quad 2 a+11 d=\frac{57}{6}...(2) \end{aligned}\) Equation (1) - equation (2)…
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