# The houses in a row numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Show that there exists a value of X such that sum of numbers of houses preceding the house numbered X is equal to sum of the numbers of houses following X. - Mathematics

The houses in a row numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Show that there exists a value of X such that sum of numbers of houses preceding the house numbered X is equal to sum of the numbers of houses following X.

#### Solution

Let there be a value of x such that the sum of the numbers of the houses preceding the house numbered x is equal to the sum of the numbers of the houses following it.

That is, 1 + 2 + 3 . . . . + (x -1) = (x + 1) + (x + 2) + . . . . . +49

∴ 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . . + (x - 1)

= [1 + 2 + ......  + x + (x + 1) + ....+ 49] - (1 + 2 + 3 + . . . . + x)

∴ (x-1)/2[1+x-1]=49/2[1+49]-x/2[1+x]

∴ x(x - 1) = 49 x 50 - x(1 + x)

∴ x(x - 1) + x(1 + x) = 49 x 50

∴ x2-x+x+x2=49x50

∴ x2 = 49x25

∴ x = 7 x 5 = 35

Since x is not a fraction, the value of x satisfying the given condition exists and is equal to 35.

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NCERT Class 10 Maths
Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions
Exercise 5.4 | Q 4 | Page 115