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Which will be the 15th term of the AP 30, 27, 24, 21, ...?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: −12

Use the AP nth-term formula aₙ = a + (n − 1)d. Here the first term is a = 30, while the common difference is d = 27 − 30 = −3. Thus a₁₅ = 30 + (15 − 1)(−3) = 30 + 14(−3) = 30 − 42 = −12. Hence option A is correct. The negative difference must be retained because the sequence decreases by 3 at every step. Option C would correspond to only 13 steps or an incomplete subtraction, option B over-subtracts by 3, and option D would be obtained by ignoring the actual number of steps. Counting fourteen changes from the first to the fifteenth term confirms the result.

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Arithmetic ProgressionNth TermNegative DifferenceFinding The $N$Th Term Of An ApFinding The N Th Term Of An ApArithmetic Progressions (Ap)Arithmetic Progressions ApMathematics

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