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Sia ? 6 years, 6 months ago
Let a be the first term and d be the common difference of the given A.P. Then,
pth term = q {tex}\Rightarrow{/tex}a + (p-1) d = q ...(i)
qth term = p {tex}\Rightarrow{/tex}a + (q-1) d = p ...(ii)
Subtracting equation (ii) from equation (i), we get
(p - q) d = (q - p) {tex}\Rightarrow{/tex} d = -1
Putting d = - 1 in equation (i), we get
a + ( p-1) × (-1) = q
⇒ a = (p + q - 1)
nth term = a + (n -1 )d
= (p + q - 1)+ (n -1) × (-1)
= p + q - 1 -n + 1
= (p + q - n)
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