In an arithmetic progression the ninth term is greater than the second term and the sum of the first term with the fifth term is 20. What is the fifth term?


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Question Number 72835 by Maclaurin Stickker last updated on 03/Nov/19

$I n a n a r i t h m e t i c p r o g r e s s i o n t h e$ $n i n t h t e r m i s g r e a t e r t h a n t h e s e c o n d$ $t e r m a n d t h e s u m o f t h e f i r s t t e r m$ $w i t h t h e f i f t h t e r m i s 20 . W h a t i s$ $t h e f i f t h t e r m ?$
	Answered by $@ty@m123 last updated on 04/Nov/19

	$t_{1} + t_{5} = 20$ $a + d + a + 4 d = 20$ $2 a + 5 d = 20 . . . . . (1)$ $I n s u f f i c i e n t i n f o r m a t i o n . . .$ $P l . c h e c k y o u r q u e s t i o n .$ $I n m y o p i n i o n,$ $‘ ‘ n i n t h t e r m i s . . . . . . g r e a t e r t h a n t h e {s e c o n d}^{″}$ $A n u m b e r i s m i s s i n g i n b l a n k s p a c e$
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