Let $x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{100}$ be in an arithmetic progression, with $x_{1}=2$ and their mean equal to 200 . If $y_{i}=i\left(x_{i}-i\right), 1 \leq i \leq 100$, then the mean of $y_{1}, y_{2}, \ldots, y_{100}$ is :
Solution
We have, mean of $x_1, x_2 \ldots \ldots x_{100}=200$
<br/><br/>Where, $x_1, x_2 \ldots x_{100}$ are in AP with first term as 2.
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
\text { Mean } & =200 \\\\
& =\frac{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{100} x_i}{100}=200
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
\frac{100}{2} \times[2 \times 2+99 d] =20000 \\\\
\Rightarrow 4+99 d =400 \\\\
\Rightarrow 99 d =396 \\\\
d =4
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>Also,
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
y_i & =i\left(x_i-i\right) \\\\
& =i[2+(i-1) 4-i] \\\\
& =i[3 i-2] \\\\
& =3 i^2-2 i
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
\text { Required mean } & =\frac{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{100} y_i}{100} \\\\
& =\frac{1}{100}\left[\sum_{i=1}^{100}\left(3 i^2-2 i\right)\right] \\\\
& =\frac{1}{100}\left[\frac{3 \times 100 \times 101 \times 201}{6}-2 \times \frac{100 \times 101}{2}\right]\\\\
& =\frac{20301}{2}-101 \\\\
& =10049.50
\end{aligned}
$$
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Sequences and Series · Topic: Arithmetic Progression
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