In a cricket tournament, 16 school teams participated. A sum of Rs 8000 is to be awarded among themselves as prize money. If the last placed team is awarded Rs 275 in prize money and the award increases by the same amount for successive finishing places, how much amount will the first place team receive?

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L e t t h e p r i z e a m o u n t g o t b y f i r s t p l a c e t e a m b e a Since,theprizemoneyincreasesbythesameamountforsuccessivefinishingplaces, T h e r e f o r e , t h e s e r i e s w i l l b e A . P . a n = 2 7 5 , n = 1 6 a n d S 1 6 = 8 0 0 0 a n = a + ( n 1 ) d 2 7 5 = a + ( 1 6 1 ) ( d ) [ ?Commondifferencedis()astheseriesisdecreasing ] 2 7 5 = a 1 5 d ( i ) N o w S n = n 2 [ 2 a + ( n 1 ) d ] S 1 6 = 1 6 2 [ 2 a + 1 5 ( d ) ] 8 0 0 0 = 8 [ 2 a 1 5 d ] = 2 a 1 5 d = 1 0 0 0 ( i i ) S o l v i n g e q . ( i ) a n d e q . ( i i ) w e g e t a = 7 2 5 a n d d = 3 0 H e n c e , t h e r e q u i r e d a w a r d r e c e i v e d b y f i r s t p l a c e t e r m = 7 2 5 .

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