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SEQUENCES AND SERIES

DEFINITIONS AND FORMULAE

function, whose domain is the set Nof natural numbers is called an infinite
1. A domain is asubset of Nof the form {1, 2... k} is called
sequence. Afunction, whose
afinite sequence.
sequence is calleda series
2 The sum of the terms of a
3. Aseres
in which each term (expect first term) differs from its preceeding term by a
the fixed quantity is
fxed quantity is called an Arithmetie progression (A.P) and
called the common difference.
common difference of an A.P. then that AP is
AIfais the first term and d is the
a+(a+d) + (a+ 2d) t ...
5. nth term of an A.P is a + (n - 1)d.
6. Sum to frst n terms of an A.P =2a+ (n- 1)4]=(a+ l) where l is the last term.
A.P. then the resulting
7. If the same quantity is added (multiplied) to each term of an
series is also an A.P.
8. Ifa, x, bare in A.P then x is called Arithmetic mean(A.M) between a and .
9. The arthmetic mean between a and b is (a+ b).
1. I a, x Ay ..,. ,b are in A.P then x, x,, s.., x, are called n-Arühmetic neans
(A.M's) between a and b.
b-2
are n-A,M's between a, b: and d= n+1 then-x, =4+4,
3*a+24, ..=a+ndand x, +x, t . tx, =la+b).
12. Aseries in which each term (except first term) is obtained by multipling the preceed-
"g temby a fixed quantity is called a Geometric progression (G.P)and the fixed
quantity is called the common ratio,
13, IfIf a is the
first term and r is the common ratio ofa GP. then that G.P is
a+ ar +ar+
19, nth term of a
G.P is ar.
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15. The sum of

first z terms of aG.P =
a(l-2ifr< l;
a l - ifr> 1
EMATIC,
ifr= 1.
=na
is
the sum ofinfinitceG.P. I - r number,then the
16. If] r<l, then
a G.Pis multiplied by a fixcd rçal resulting
Ifevery termof
17. also then the: resulting
a G.P.
term of a G.P is raisedto
same power,
the series 1s also;
18, 1f cvery form a G.P.
G.P. G.P are also
of a
reciprocals ofthe terms then x is called Geometric M
19. The
If three positive numbers a, x,
b are in G.P., Mean (GM,
20.
- between a andb. numbers a and b is Vab.
positive numbers
21. The G.M. between two b are in G.P., then the
X
a, x, X,, ..betweena
22. If the positive numbersmeans (G.M's) and b.
called n-Geometric b; and r= (6/a)ntl. then =ar,
A), , ...x, are
n-GM's between a,
23. If ,=(aby2,
=ar and x, X . .
x, = ar .,
terms of aseries form an A.P., then the series is
24. If the reciprocals of the
Harmonic progression (H.P.).
Harmonic Mean between a and b.
is called
25. Ifa, x, b are in H.P., then x bis 2ab/(a+ b),.
harmonic mean between two non zero numbers a and
26. The .... x, are called
x, b (each is non zero) are in H.P., then , ,
27. Ifa, x,,x,, .....
n-Harmonic Means (H.M's) between a andb.
and b, then
28. Ifx,, X, ... x are n-H.M's between a
ab (n + 1) ab (n +1) ab (n +1)
**..**.n
b(n + 1) + (a- b)' b (n + 1) +2 (a- b) b (n+ 1) + n(a-b)
t
29. If A, G, H are the arithmetic mean, geometric mean, harmonic mean between
positive numbers, then A GH and G = AH.
geomel
30. The series of the form a+ (a+ d)r +(a+ 2d)r +... is called an arithmetico
ric progression(AGP) with common difference d and common ratio r. 2d)r+...i
31. The nth term of the' arithmetico geometric series a+ (a+ d)r + (a+
[a+ (n- l)d]
32. The sum of first n terms of the arithmetico geometric
progression
a+ (a + d)r+ (a + 2d)r +...is a dr (1 - -) [a + (n- 1)d
1-r (1- ' 1-r
33. The sum of infinite terms of the
arithmetico geometric progresslo
a+ (a+ d)r +(a +2d)r +.. dr
1-r (1 - ' if r|< 1.
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Ifthree numbers are in A.P., then they can be taken as a - d, a, a +d.

Iffour numbers are in A.P, then they can be taken as a -3d, a- d. a +d, a +3d.
Iffivenumbers are in A.P,then they can be taken as a- 2d, a- d, a, a +d, a +2d.
Ifthree numbers are in G.P., then they can be taken as a/r, a, ar.
fournumbers are in G.P., then they can be taken as a/P, a/r, ar, ar.
38.If
ffivenumbers are in G.P..thenthey can betaken as a/, a/r, a, ar, ar.
sum nnatural numbers En =nn 2+ 1)
of'ssquares of first
40 The
of; n(n + l)(2n + 1)
Thesumof squares first n natural numbers =E 6
41.
sumofcubes of first n natural numbers En
2 The 4
sum offfirst neven integers =n(n + 1).
L3. The
sumoff first nodd integers =n.
s4. The
e=l+
6 Exponential theorem :If xeR then 1!2!
3

The seriese=1+ ! 2 3 1 S called exponential series. Thus e= E .

46.
lfx, ae Rand a >0 then a'= 1tx log,a + 2 (log, a)' +3! (loga)' +

48. i):sinh x=x 5! : ii) cosh x =1+,

2! 4!

49. Ifx e Rand |x <1 then log, (1 +x) = x 2: t3 4

50. Ifx e Rand |x|<1 then log, (1 -x)= -X 2 3 4

51. i) If|x<l then log, 1+x

1-x
x+1
ü)Ifx>1then log. X-1
SOLVED EXAMPLES
ICHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE ALTERNATIVES 1, 2. 3 OR 4 GIVEN
. If the sum of three numbers which are in A.P is 27 and the product of first and last
is77, then the numbers are
I)7,9, 11 2) 6,9, 12 3)7, 10, 11 4) None
Ans:1
: Let the three numbers in A.P be a -d, a, a +4.
Then (a -d))+a+(a- +d) =27» 3a =27’a=9,t
la- d) (a +d) =77>d-d=77 > 81-t= 77>=4»d=t2.
2. Required numbers are 7,9, 11.
One of the four A, M's between3, 23 is
1)6 2)8 3)15 4)21
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Ans :3
Sol: Four A.M's between 3, 23 are 3+ d, 3 +2d, 3 + 3d, 3 + 4d= 3+ 5dm 23 ’da 4.

A.M' are 7, 11, 15, 19.

3. InG.P. (p +)th term is m, (p - )th term is n, then pth term is
1) nm 2) Vam 3)m/n 4) Nm/n
Ans: 2
Sol: (p+ )th term= m ar9m, (p- )th term n u

mn =aea=d'=(ar y ar'= Vmn ’ pthterm =Vnu

4. 6+ 66+ 666 + .. n terms =
1) 20(10° -Iy27 -2n/3 2) 20(10".-1/81 - 2n/9 3) 60(10" - 1)/27
Ans: 1 -2n/3
Sol: 6+ 66 + 666 + .... n terms =(6/9)[9+99 + 999 + .... nterms

-{(10- 1)+(1ß'- 1)+(00-)+...n terms] 2[10(10" -1)

10 - 1
20(1(
27
5. .7+.77+.777+ .... n terms =

3) 70(10" - 1) 7n
81 81 9 4)None
Ans : 1
Sol: .7+.77+.777 +.. n terms =(7/9)[.9+.99 + 999+ ... n terms]
=7/9 [1 - 1/10)+(1- 1/10) +(1-1/10' +t....n terms]

1-1/10

6. If x, y, z are the three geometric means between 6, 54, then z=

1) 9N3 2) 18 3) 18V3 4) 27
Ans:3
Sol: x, y, z are three G.M's between 6, 54 ’ 6, x, y, z, 54 are in G.P.
If ris the common ratio, then r =(54/6)*=9=3,z=6(V3 = 18V3.
7. Let x be the arithmetic mean and y, z be the two
geometric means between any
positive numbers. Then the value of is
Xyz
1)2 2) 3 3)1/2 4) 3/2
Ans :1
Sol: Let two positive number be a andb. Then x= (a + b)/2.
Also, a, y, 2, bare in G.P. Ifr is the common ratio of this G.P., then b = ar'r-(b'
We have +_ar+ a 1
+) a+b
=2.
Xyz x(ar) (ar) (a + b)/2
8. Ifx, y, z> 0, x +y+z= a, then minimum value of + is

1)3/a 2) 9/a 3) 8a/27 4)a'

Ans :2
RQUNNCRNANDNRA A 206

Mm vale

leylan' tun'tu tm')log, lo),(0n/4,utiafien te

yuution 2-0, tlen vale of con' on'N
4) 19/1
Ans: 2

tan' tan' tan -tan

eNp (an' lan' ta"' an" )log, l6)

-ep(sin') log, l6) eNp (log,(I6M
salisties -Ar+ 2-0 lor y=2 16MiN or 6n
Nine )<<n4,0<Nima <1/2 0 <sin'/2 16 n-Iis not possihle.
his 16h -2 Nin'-74. Thus, cos' w con-(|- sin' ) (| sin' '- 21/16
t The cotangents of the angles n/3, n/4, n/6 are in
)AP. 2) GP. 3)HP. 4) AOP
Ans: 2
W:oM(n/3). cot (r/4), cot (n/3) =1/N3,1, Vs are in G.P.
11. Ifa, band c are in G.P, then
1)8'-e' 2) ac 3) ab 4)0
Ans : 4
b-a,b+a_(b-a)(+c) +(b+ a) (h -) 20-2uK 2uc-2c
b-c b+c -0 ( ' -ac).
12. Ifd, b',e are in A.P, then arc in
b+cc+ a'a+b
I) A.P. 2) G.P. 3) H.P. 4) none of thesc
Ans : 1
Sol: Let a=0, b=1,c= V2. . d, B, are in A.P
1
Also
b+¢ I + N2
0, .

c+a v2 +0 V2' a+b 0+1

V2. 0. . 2 are in A.P
13. Ifa, b, care real and in A.P. and a', B, are in H.P, then
I)a=bec 2) 2b 3a +e 3) B Nuc/8 4) none of these
Ans: 1
2a'
M a,b, care in A.P,d, B, are in H.. ’ 26=atcand b'

a+ (a+ c' (d +c)-8a' e (a'+e+2aca' +c)- &de'm0

(a'++4ac) (a' +-2ac) 0> ((a +c' +2ac] (a c' 0>a-c0a .
Thus, a huc.
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14.
1-3 2-5
1) 1- log, 2
Ans 3
3-7 4.9
2) 1+log, 2 3) 2 - log, 2
N4)1-A2T\AoSg,M2AT
1 1
Sol : +
13 2-53.7 n(2n+ 1) 1

log,2+1] =2 -2 log,2,
II. FLL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE NUMERICAL VALUE
DECIMAL PLACES
1. In an A.P., if first term is 4, 9th term is 20, then 15th term is
ROUNDED0F TOTVe
Ans:32-00
Sol: 9th term =20 ’a+8d= 20 4+ 8d= 20’ 8d= 16 ’ d= 2.
1Sth term =a+ 14d= 4+ 14(2) =32.
2. If the sum of nterms of the series 24, 20, 16...is60 and n>3then n=
Ans : 10-00

Sol : S, =60 ’[2(24) +(n-1)(-4)] =60 ’ n(13 -n)= 30>n=3or l0.

3. If log, 2, log, (2- S) and log, (2'-1/) are in A.P, then x=
Ans:3-00
Sol: log, 2, log, (2 -5), and log,(2-7/2) are in A.P. ’ 2log,(2- 5) =log, 2+ log(2-7
>@-s}= 2(2-7/2) > (2- 12(2) +32 =0 >(2)- 12(27 - 8) =0>Y=dat
’r=2 or 3. Clearly, x+2. Therefore x =3.
4. If the sum to infinity of the series 1+ 2r +3r +4 +... is 4 then 3r =
Ans : 1-00
Sol : 1+2r +3r +4, +..
’r=1/3.

EXERCISE 1
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE ALTERNATIVES 1, 2,3 OR 4GIVEN
1. 10th term of 4+6+8+...is
1) 18 2) 20 3) 22 4) 26
49 N
2. An employee got Rs.300 per month in his 11th year service and got Rs. bs
month in his 24th year service. If his monthly salary is in A.P., thenwhatis
initial salary? What is his incriment ?
1) Rs.200, Rs.10 4)Rs.150,Rs.15
2) Rs.300, Rs.10 3) Rs.150, Rs.20
3. Which term of 11 +9+7+ ... is - 13
1)13 2) 12 3) 5 4) 11 thei
cquals
4. If 100 times the 100" term of an AP with non zero common different AWEEE

times its 50 term, then the 150" tern of this AP is

 SEOUENCESAND SERIES A-297

)150 2) zero 3)- 150 4) 150 times its 50" term

If19thterm of a non-zero A.P. is zero, then its (49th term):(29th term) is
1)3:1
2) 4:1 3) 2:1 4) 1:3 [JEE MAIN 19J]

If mthterm of an A.P. is n and nth term is m, then (m + n)th term is

6.
2)m+n-p 3)m + n 4) mn/(m + n)
)0

1.
Ifthe mth term ofan A.P. is n and nth termis m, then pth term=
1) m-n+p 2) n - m+p 3) m+n-p 4) m-n -P
bethe rth term of an AP, for r= 1,2, . If for some positive integers mand n,
8. LetT, T. =1/n and T, =1/m, the T
wee have mn

1)-1/mn 2) 1/m + 1/n 3) 1 4)0

bethe rth term of an A.P. whose first term is aand cOmmon difference is d. If
9. Let T. =1/n and T = /m, then a- d=
for some positive integers m, n, m n, T
2) + 1 1
3) mn 4) 1
1)0 m [AIEEE 04]
1 1 1
and are two A.Ps such that x, =h, =8 and x =h, =20,
[JEE MAIN 18]
then x, hyo=
1)2560 2) 2650 3) 3200 4) 1600
4 If pth, gth rth terms of an A.P are a, b, c then alg - r) + blr-p) + cp - q) =
1)0 2) 1 3)a+b+c 4) abc
) 22sin20 - 14 and 3*sM are the first three terms of an A.P. for some , then the
[JEE MAIN 20S]
Sixth term of this A.P. is
2) 66 3) 78 4) 81
1) 65
1)/cosa. then first
13. If the common difference of an A.P is 1and 6th term is (4 cos'a +
term is
)seca 2) tan'a 3)cota 4) coseca
14. Sum of 20 terms of 3+ 5+7+9+ .... is
2) 440 3) 460 4) 220
1)410
the series
15. How many terms are to be added to make the sum 52 in
(-8) +(-6) + (-4) +...?
1)3 2) 13 3) 12 4) 31
ID. How many terms are added in 24 + 20 + 16+ ...to make the sum 72?
1)6 2) 7 3) 8 4) 9
. If 8th term of an A.P is 15. then the sum of 15 terms is
l) 15 2) 0 3) 225 4) 225/2
1
8. If the 10th term of an A.P. 1S 0 and its 20th term is
10
then the sum of its first 200
terms is [JEE MAIN 20J]
1) s0 2) 100 3) 100 4) s0
19. If the sum of the first ten terms of an A.P is four times the sum of its five terms,
e ratio of the first term to the common difference is
1)1:2 2) 2:1 3) 1:4 4) 4:1
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20. The interior angles of a polygon are in A.P. If the smallest angle
common diference is 4", then the number of sides iS
1)5 2) 7 3) 36 4)44
MATHEMATIC
21. 1f the sum of mtems of an A.P. is equal to the sum of n terns of
Ihe AP
the sum of (m + n) tens is
I) 0 2) m+ n -p 3) m'-n'+I 4) m' n'
Vs07.
2Z If the sum of the first n terms of the series V3 +V75 +V243 + I3 41:
then n =
1) 13 3) 29 4) 18
(JEE
23. Ifthe sum of the first 40 tems of the scries, 3+4 +8+9+ 13 + 14 +184 1oMAIN 1n
102 m then m=
1) 25 2) 10 3) 5 4) 20
(JEE MAIM 204
3 1:
24. If the sum of the series 20 + 19+ 19+lt. upto nth term is 488 and.
mth tem is negative, then (JEE MAIN 205)
I)n=60 2) nth tem is 4 3) n = 41 4) nth termis -4
25. If sum of the first 21 ternms of the series logvnX+ lo8vs X+ lo8,v4 X+
>0is S04, then x = wher
[JEE MAIN 2147
1)243 2) 81 3)7 4) 9
26. The çommon difference of the A.P; b,, b,, ...b, 1s-2 more than the common difr
ence of A.P; a, a,, ... a,, If ayg=- 159, ajo0 =-399 and byog =4yo, then b, =
1)81 . 2) - 127 3) - 81 4) 127 [JEE MAIN 2061

27. Let 1 1 (x,0for i =1,2, ...n) be in A.P. such that x, =4and x, =20.

Ifn is the least positive integers for which x, >50, then E=

i=i) JEE AIN 18]
1)1/8 2) 3 3) 13/8 4) 13/4
28. Let a,, a,,... , a, be a given A.P. whose common difference is an integer and
S, =a, + a, +...+ a,. If a, = 1, a, =300 and 15<ns50, then the ordered pair
(S,-4, a,)= [JEE MAIN 20$)
1) (2490, 248) 2)(2490, 249) 3)(2480, 249) 4) (2480, 248)
29. Suppose a, a,, .. . ,a,, . ..be an arithmetic progression of natural numbers. If the
ratioof the sum of the first five terms of the sum of first nine terms of the progression
is 5: 17 and 110 <a,, < 120, then the sum of the first ten terms of the(JEE
progression
MAIN 22JY15
1)290 2) 380 3)460 4),S10
-48,then
30. Let S, denote the sum of the first nterms of an A.P. IfS,l6 and S [JEE MAIN 19A/
S0
1)- 320 2) - 260 3) - 380 4) - 410
31. IfS, denotes the sum of nterms of an A.P, then S.-3S,., + 38,,-,
+

1) 0 2) 1 3) 3 4) 2
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denote the sum of first 4terms of an
S,- 140, then S, S, - arithmetic prozression. If
JE MAN214]
2)185) 3)1862
the sum of the irst ntens of an 4)1W72

the valueof
arithmetic progressiom. If S, -35, then
S.
I)4 2) 8 WIMAIM 214Y)
) 2 4)
the first tem of the A.P Is 3andthe
4I sum of its first 25 terms is equal to the urn of
next I5 terms, then the common
l)T6
difference of this A.P. is WE MAIN 203]
2) 1/5 3)1/4 4) 1/7
The fiirrst term of an A.P. of
f this seriescan be expressed asconsecutive integers p'+ J. The surm of (2p +1)1errns
is
2)(2p +1)()+ 1 3) (p +1y
6. Let a,, a,, a,o be terms of an A.P I" a,+ a,t.*,pg then
)2/7 2) 11/41 3) 41/11 4) 7/2 AIEEE O6]
I , + .*a,, l(0
37. Let a, a,, a,... be an A.P.
a, + a, t..t a, p10, then is cqual to
19 100 ioEE MAIM 21AJ
2) 121 3)
A) O0121
38) Let a,, a,, ay a, be in AP If a, +a, + a,, +a,, =72, then the sum of its
first 17 terms is cqual to
1) 204 (JEE MAIN 16]
2)612 3) 153 4) 306
39. If a,, a,, a,, are in A.P. such that a, + a, + a,, =40, then the sum of the first 15
lerms of this A.P. is
(JEE MAIN 194]
I) 200 2) 280 3) 120 4) 150
40. If the sum of first 11 terms of an A.P., a,,a,, a,,... is 0 (a,
#0), then the sum of the
AP, a, 4, ,, . a,, is ka,, where k= [JEE MAIN 205]
121 121 72 72
10 2) 10
3) 4) -
41. If a, 4,, 4, . . , arc in A.P. and a, +a, +a, +...+ a,,=114, then
(JEE MAIN 19A]
I) 38 2) 98 3) 76 4) 64
12
42. kt a,, u,, u,,..,a,, be in A.P. such that 2 a,., =416 and a, + a,, =66.
Ifa +a, +... +d, =l40m, then mis equal to (JEE MAIN 18]
1)68 2)34 3)33 4) 66
43. Lata, a, , a,, a, and a, be in A.P. with the common difference greater than 2. If
4= 30 and a, u, a, 4,u, =3840, then a,u, =
[JEE MAIN 2051
)82 3)-128 4) - 82
2) 128
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44. If {a,)

1)48
where n is an even integer, is an arithmetic progression with
difference 1,and E a,- 192, Ea, = 120, then n =
i
3)92
MATCoHmmoATnI
4) 104
(UEE
2)96
45. If a, a, ay and b,, b,. b, are A.P. and a, =2, ajo=3, a,b, 1
a,b, is
2) 1 3) 28
27 28
4) 27
JER MAIM 22
30 15

46. Let a,, a, ... , a,, be an A.P., S= 2a, and 7=zi-Iy I4, =27 ands
then a,=
1) S7 2) 47 3) 42 4) 52 JEE MAIN 13
47. The sum of nterms in two A.P's are in the ratio 3n +1:n+4, then
terms is the ratio of
1) 13 : 8 2) 2: 1 3) 27:7 4) 13:22
8. If a,, a,, ,a, are in A.P. with common difference d0, then
sum of
Sin d sec a, sec a, + sec a, sec azt+sec a,- Sec a,] the serie
1) tan a, -tana, 2) cot a, - cot a, 3) sec a,- sec a, 4) cosec
a,-
49. Ifa,, a,, .....a, are in A.P., then Va, +Na,, Na, +Na, Va, +Na, cosec a
Na, +Na, Na, +a,
"....

1) n 2) n+1 3) n-1
+Na,
50. If the sum of three numbers in A.P. is 15 and their product is 45, 4) 0
then the numhe
1) 1,5,9 2) 1, 6,10 3)2, 5, 8 4) 3,3,5
51. If the sum of three numbers which are in A.P is 15 and the
sum of the sauaree ata
extremes is 58, then those numbers are
1)3, 5, 7 2) 2, 5, 8 3)3, 6,9 4) None
52. If the sum of four numbers in A.P is 24 and the
sum of their squares is 164, then those
numbers are
1)3, 5,7,9 2) 1, 4, 7, 11 3) 3, 4, 5, 6 4) None
53.) If the sum and product of the first three terms in an 4P. are 33 and
1155, respectively,
th¹n a value of its 11th term is [JEE MAIN 194]
-25 2) 25 3) 36 4)- 35
54. If aand x are positive integers such that x<aand va-x, x,Na +x are in A.P, then
least possible value of a is
1) 5 2)7 3) 11 4) none of these
55. If the length of sides of a right angled triangle are in A.P., then the sines of the açu
angles are
1) 3/5,4/S 2) N2/3, Vi/3 3) 2 2 2
2

56. If three positive real numbers a, b, c are in A.P. such that abc= 4, then the minimum
possible value of b is
1) 2/2 2) 223 3)21/3 4)25/2
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1log,(3+2), log,(4:3 -))are in A.P. then x= AIEEE 02]
) log,4 2) 1-log, 4
3) 1- log, 3 4) log, 3
Fivenumbers are in A..,
58. whose sum if 25 and product is 2520. If
numbersis - 1/2, then the one of these five
greatest number amongst them is (JEE MAIN 20J]
) 16 2) 21/2
3) 7 4) 27
59 ITI,log, x, log, y. - 15 log, z are in
A.P., then
):'=x 2) x =y
3)z=y 4) allof the above
Letf:/ R’R be such that for
60. all x e R;
thenthe minimum value of f() is (2'**+2'),f«) and (3 +
3)are in A.P.,
1)2 2)0 (JEE MAIN 20J]
3) 3 4) 4
61. A person 1s to count 4500 currency notes. Let a, denote the number of notes he
Counts in the h minute.
If a, =a,
aith common difference -2, then the = a,,= 150and a,n, a,,,. .. are
in an A.P.
time taken by him to
count all notes is
1) 24 minutes 2) 34 minutes 3) 125 minutes 4) 135 minutes [AIEEE 10]
Aman saves Rs. 200 in
each of the first three months of his
subsequent months his saving increases by Rs. 40 more than service. In each of the
ately previOus month. His total saving from the the saving of immedi
after start of service will be Rs. 11040
1)20 months 2) 21 months [AIEEE 11]
3) 18 months 4) 19 months
63. If tan
6 X, tan are in arithmetic progression and tan
arithmetic progression, then -2yl =
are also in

1)0 .[JEE MAIN 21JY)

2) 1 3) 3 4) 4
64. If the arthimetic mean between a and b is atl+ +1 ,then n=
i)0 2) 1 3) -1
65. If n arithmetic means are inserted 4) 1/2
between 2 and 38, then the sum of the resulting
series is obtained as 200, then the value of n is
l)6 2) & 3) 9 4) 10
66. The ratio of the sums of m arithmatic means
and n arithmatic means between two
numbers is
1) m:n 2) n :m 3) 2m-1:2n -1 4) None
01. In arithmetic means are inserted between l and 3l so that
the ratio of the 7th and
(m- 1)th means is 5:9. Then the value of mis
1)12 2) 13 3) 14 4) 15
9Tn ar1thmetic mean's are inserted between a and 100 such that the ratio of the
first
Mean to the last mean is1:7 and a+n=33, then the value of nis [JEE MAIN 22JI
1)21 2) 22 3) 23 4) 24
Given that n A.M.s are inserted between two sets of numbers a, 2b and 2a,b whee
4,DeR. Suppose further that the mth mean between these sets of numbers is same,
Ihen the ratio a :b=
l)n - m+
1:1n 2) n - m+ 1:n 3) n:n- m+1 4) m: n - m+ l