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In an AP, a₉ = 46 and a₂₇ = 154. What is a₁₈?

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Correct answer: 100

A key property of an arithmetic progression is that terms with equally spaced indices have the middle term equal to the arithmetic mean of the outer terms. Here 18 − 9 = 9 and 27 − 18 = 9, so the 18th term is exactly midway between the 9th and 27th terms. Therefore a₁₈ = (a₉ + a₂₇)/2 = (46 + 154)/2 = 200/2 = 100. Hence option B is correct. The result can also be verified by finding the common difference: a₂₇ − a₉ = 18d, so 154 − 46 = 108 and d = 6. Moving nine steps from a₉ gives a₁₈ = 46 + 9(6) = 100. The other options do not satisfy the midpoint relation and cannot be the required term.

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Arithmetic ProgressionMiddle TermArithmetic MeanNth TermFinding The $N$Th Term Of An ApFinding The N Th Term Of An ApArithmetic Progressions (Ap)Arithmetic Progressions Ap

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