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On a road the first gap between poles is 18 metres and each next gap increases by 2 metres. What is the total distance of the first 15 gaps?

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Correct answer: 480

The correct answer is 480 metres, option C. The gaps form an arithmetic progression: 18, 20, 22, ... Thus a = 18, d = 2, and n = 15. Find the fifteenth gap first: a_15 = a + (15 − 1)d = 18 + 14 × 2 = 46 metres. Now add the 15 gaps using S_n = n/2[2a + (n − 1)d]: S_15 = 15/2[2 × 18 + 14 × 2] = 15/2(36 + 28) = 15/2 × 64 = 480 metres. Another check uses the AP average: the average gap is (18 + 46)/2 = 32 metres, so the total is 15 × 32 = 480 metres. Option A, 450, option B, 465, and option D, 495, do not equal this sum. Do not confuse the fifteenth gap, 46 metres, with the total of all 15 gaps.

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Arithmetic ProgressionAp SumMeasurement Word ProblemRoad GapsFinding The Sum Of The First $N$ Terms Of An ApFinding The Sum Of The First N Terms Of An ApArithmetic Progressions (Ap)Arithmetic Progressions Ap

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