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Course: Class 10 (Old) > Unit 5

Lesson 5: AP word problems
Math
Class 10 (Old)
Arithmetic progressions
AP word problems
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Problem

An interesting video on Khan Academy had 4000 views after the first hour.
The views increased by a constant, v, every hour. After 14 hours, the video had 56,000 views.
Find the value of v.
v=
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi