Unit-6 Counting Without Counting
In this unit you will learn about Arithmetic Progression, Geometric Progression and other sequences.
You may have seen job advertisements in newspapers. They sometimes say 'the pay scale is 10750—300—16750'. Do you know what this means? This means that you will get a basic salary of 10750 in the first year. In the subsequent years your monthly basic salary will increase by Rs.300. So, in the second year your salary will be Rs. 11050, in the third year it will be Rs.11350, in the fourth year it will be Rs.11650 and so on. Your perks are based on your basic salary. What will be the total basic salary in the first year, second year etc? Will they form an AP? What is the common difference?