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In an AP, a₁₄ = 92 and a₃₈ = 284. What is a₂₆?

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Correct answer: 188

In an arithmetic progression, if one index is exactly midway between two other indices, its term is the arithmetic mean of the corresponding outer terms. Here 26 − 14 = 12 and 38 − 26 = 12, so a₂₆ is midway between a₁₄ and a₃₈. Thus 2a₂₆ = a₁₄ + a₃₈, giving a₂₆ = (92 + 284)/2 = 376/2 = 188. Option B is therefore correct. An independent check finds the common difference: d = (284 − 92)/(38 − 14) = 192/24 = 8. Moving from the fourteenth to the twenty-sixth term takes 12 steps, so a₂₆ = 92 + 12 × 8 = 188. The other choices do not satisfy this midpoint relation.

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Arithmetic ProgressionMiddle TermNth TermCommon DifferenceFinding The $N$Th Term Of An ApFinding The N Th Term Of An ApArithmetic Progressions (Ap)Arithmetic Progressions Ap

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