C. R. Q.

- Sequence & Series

Board Level : find the value of x.
Q.1. If the n th term of a sequence is 4 n  1 , find the
2 Q.22. If the fifth term of a G.P. is 81 and second term is 24 .
sequence. Is this sequence an A.P. Find the G.P.
Q.23. The seventh term of a G.P. is 8 times the fourth term.
Q.2. Find the 10th term of the sequence whose 7 th and
Find the G.P. when its fifth term is 48.
12 th terms are 34 & 64. Q.24. If a, b, c are respectively the p th , q th and r th terms of
Q.3. In an A.P. the third term is four times the first term and
the sixth term is 17, find the series. a G.P. , then show that
( q  r ) log a  (r  p) log b  ( p  q )log c  0
31 1
Q.4. The 2 nd , 31st and last terms of an AP are , and
4 2 Q.25. If the pth , q th , r th terms of a G.P. be a, b and c
13 respectively, prove that a q  r  b r  p  c p  q  1 .
, find the first term and the no. of terms.
2 Q.26. The sum of three no's in G.P. is 21 and the sum of their
Q.5. If x18  y 21  z 28 , prove that 3, 3logy x, 3logz y, 7logx z squares is 189. Find the numbers
Q.27. The continued product of three no's in G.P is 216 and
are in A.P. the sum of the products of them in pair is 156. Find the
Q.6. The sum of three no's in A.P. is 27 and their product is numbers.
504, find them.
Q.7. Find four no's in A.P. such that their sum is 50 and Q.28. If the ( p  q ) th terms of a G.P. is a and the ( p  q ) th
greatest of them is 4 times the least. term is b, find its pth term.
Q.8. If m times the mth term of an A.P. is equal to n times Q.29. Find the least value of n for which
the n th term, find its ( m  n) th term. 1  3  32 ........3n  1  1000 .
Q.9. Find the no. of integers between 100 & 1000 that are Q.30. The sum of first six terms of a G.P. is 9 times the sum of
(a) divisible by 3 (b) divisible by 4 (c) divisible by first three terms, find the common Ratio.
both 3 & 4. Q.31. If S be the sum, P the product and R the sum of
Q.10. If a , b, c are the p th , q th , r th terms of an A.P. respec- FG SIJ .
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reciprocals of n terms in G.P., prove that P 
tively, prove that a (q  r )  b( r  p)  c ( p  q )  0 .
Q.11. The interior angles of a polygon are in A.P. The smallest Q.32. If the first and n th term of a G.P. are a and b respec-
angle is 120o and the common difference is 5o . Find tively and P is the product of first n terms prove that
the no. of sides of the polygon. P2  (ab) n .
Q.12. If the sum of first 10 terms of an A.P. is 140 and sum of
first 16 terms is 320 find the sum of n terms. 1 1 1
Q.33. Find 1    ......... 
Q.13. The sum of first p terms of a A.P. is equal to the sum 2 4 8
of its first q terms, find the sum of its first p  q terms. Q.34. If
Q.14. In an A.P. the sum of m terms is equal to n and the sum FG a a IJ b b FG IJ
of n terms is m, find the sum of ( m  n) terms.
x a
H K H
 ........  , y  b   2 ......  and
r r2 r r K
Q.15. The sum of n terms of two series in A.P. are in the ratio
c c xy ab
( 3n  13) (5n  21) . Find the ratio of their 24 th terms. z c  ......  prove that  .
r2 r4 z c
Q.16. If the ratio of sum of m terms and n terms of an A.P. be
Q.35. If x  1  a  a 2 ....... , | a |  1,
m2 : n 2 , find the ratio of its mth and n th terms.
Q.17. Prove that the sum of n arithmetic means between y  1  b  b2 ........ , | b |  1 prove that
two given no's is n times the single arithmetic mean xy
1  ab  a 2b 2 .......  
between them. x  y 1 .
Q.18. Insert 7 A.M's between 2 & 34.
Q.36. The sum of an infinite no. of terms of a G.P. is 4 and the
Q.19. Between 1 and 31, n A.M's are introduced such that
sum of their cubes is 192, find the series.
the ratio of the 7 th and ( n  1)th mean is 5 : 9 find n. Q.37. Show that the product of n geometric means inserted
Q.20. Find the sum of first 24 terms of the A.P. a1, a2 .... a24 if between two positive quantities is equal to the n th
it is known that power of the single geometric mean inserted between
a1  a5  a10  a15  a20  a24  225 . them.
Q.38. Insert 4 G.M's between 5 and 160.
Q.21. If log10 2, log10 ( 2 x  1), log10 (2 x  3) are in A.P. Then

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 5 1 Q.60. If a1, a2 , a3,............ a2n be in A.P., show that
Q.39. Insert 5 G.M's between 3 and 40 .
9 2
1 1 1
a12  a22  a32  a42 ........... a22n 1  a22n 
n
2n  1
e j
a12  a22n .
Q.40. Find the 100th term of the sequence 1, , , ............
3 5 7
F n  1IJ
Prove that G
n

Q.41. If the p th term of an H.P. be qr and q th term be rp , Q.61.

H 2K  n !, n  N .

find its r th term. Q.62. If the sides of a  are a, b, c prove that

Q.42. If a, b, c, d are in H.P., then prove that
( a  b  c) 3  27(b  c  a ) ( c  a  b ) ( a  b  c) .
ab  bc  cd  3ad .
Q.43. If x1, x2 , x3.......... xn are in H.P. prove that Some Special Sequences
x1x2  x2 x3 ............ xn1xn  (n  1) x1xn .
Q.44. If three positive no's a, b, c are in A.P., G.P. and H.P., Q.63. Find the sum to n terms of the series whose n th term
as well, then find their values. is ( 2n  1) (n  2) .
Q.45. If a, b, c are in A.P., b, c, d are in G.P. and c, d, e are in Q.64. Find the sum of the series 12  32  52 ...... to n terms.
HP. Prove that a, c, e will be in G.P.
Q.65. Sum to n terms : 1  4  7  2  5  8  3  6  9 .......
Q.46. If the A.M and G.M between two no's be 5 and 3
respectively, find the numbers. Q.66. Find the sum of the following series : 1  4  9  16.....
Q.47. If the A.M. between two no's is twice their G.M. show to n terms.
Q.67. Find the n th term of the following series and the sum
that the ratio of the no's is 2  3 : 2  3 .
to n terms of 1  5  13  29 ..... to n terms.
Q.48. If a be one A.M. and g1 & g2 be two geometric means Q.68. Find the n th term of the series 1  3x  5x 2  7 x 3 .......
between b and c prove that g13  g23  2abc . to terms and sum up to n terms.
5 9 13
Q.49. If A1, A2 be the A. M ' s , G1, G2 the G.M's and H1, H2 the Q.69. Find the sum of the series 1    ..... to infi-
2 4 8
H . M ' s between any two quantities, show that
nite number of terms.
G1G2 A  A2 Q.70. Sum up to n terms 8  88  888....
 1
H1 H2 H1  H2 . Q.71. The odd natural numbers have been arranged in the
Main & Advanced Level : following way
1, 3
Q.50. If a , b, c, d be four distinct positive quantities in H.P..
5, 7, 9, 11
Show that 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23
(a) a  d  b  c (b) ad  bc . ................................
Q.51. Prove that A. M  G. M  H. M ................................
Q.52. If x  y  z  1 and x , y , z are positive no's, show that Find the sum of the elements of its n th row..
(1  x ) (1  y ) (1  z )  8 xyz .
1 1 1 1
Q.53. If a  0, b  0 and c  0 , prove that Q.72. Find    ..... 
1 2 2  3 3  4 n(n  1)
FG 1  1  1IJ  9 .
( a  b  c)
H a b cK Q.73. Find
1

1

1
1  4 4  7 7  10
 .....  n terms
Q.54. If a  b  c  3 and a  0, b  0, c  0 . Find the great-
1 1 1
est value of a 3b 2c 2 . Q.74. Find    .......upto n terms
1.2.3 2.3.4 3.4.5
Q.55. Find a three-digit no. such that its digits are in G.P.,
and the digits of the number obtained from it by 1 1 1 1
subtracting 400 form an A.P. Q.75.     .......upto n terms
3 15 35 63
Q.56. For what values of the parameter 'a' are there values
n
of x such that 51 x  51 x , a / 2, 25x  25 x are in A.P.. Q.76.  r  r!
r 1
Q.57. Prove that
b666..... n digitsg  (888.... n digits)  (444......2n digits).
2
Q.77.
n

r 4
r
 r2 1
r 1
Q.58. The number 111.......1(91 digits) is a prime no. (True,
n
false).
Q.78. k 2
 3k  1 k !
Q.59. If a1 , a2 , ......... an be in A.P. prove that k 1

F I
1

1
a1an a2an 1
.......
1

2 1 1
GH
 .........
ana1 a1  an a1 a2
1
an JK

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