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Home » In a school, students thought of planting trees in and around the school to reduce air pollution. It was decided that the number of trees, that each section of each class will plant, will be the same as the class, in which they are studying, e.g., a section of class I will plant 1 tree, a section of class II will plant 2 trees and so on till class XII. There are three sections of each class. How many trees will be planted by the students?
In a school, students thought of planting trees in and around the school to reduce air pollution. It was decided that the number of trees, that each section of each class will plant, will be the same as the class, in which they are studying, e.g., a section of class I will plant 1 tree, a section of class II will plant 2 trees and so on till class XII. There are three sections of each class. How many trees will be planted by the students?
Arithmetic Progression | CBSE | Class 10 | Maths | NCERT
In a school, students thought of planting trees in and around the school to reduce air pollution. It was decided that the number of trees, that each section of each class will plant, will be the same as the class, in which they are studying, e.g., a section of class I will plant 1 tree, a section of class II will plant 2 trees and so on till class XII. There are three sections of each class. How many trees will be planted by the students?

Solution:

It is clear that the number of trees planted by students is in the form of A.P.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5………………..12

The first term, a = 1

The common difference, d = 2−1 = 1

Sn = n/2 [2a +(n-1)d]

S12 = 12/2 [2(1)+(12-1)(1)]

= 6(2+11)

= 6(13)

= 78

Therefore, trees planted by 1 section of the classes = 78

Trees planted by 3 sections of the classes = 3×78 = 234

As a result, in total 234 trees will be planted by the students.

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