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17. SEQUENCE & SERIES

17.1 (D)
log6 (abc) = 6  (abc) = 66
b 36
Let a = and c = br  b = 36 and a=  r = 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18
r r
 1
also b – a = 36 1   is a perfect cube.  r=4
 r
 a + b + c = 36 + 9 + 144 = 189.

17.2 (B)
n (n  1)
a (1  r n )
S= , P = an . r 2
1 r

1 1 1 1 rn
R=   2 ......... to n terms =
a ar ar a (1  r ) r n  1
n
S
Sn = R n Pk    = Pk  (a2 r n – 1)n = Pk  P2 = Pk  k=2
R

17.3 (C)
AP  = 12, 15, 18, ..... (common difference d1 = 3)
AP  = 17, 21, 25 ..... (common difference d2 = 4)
First term of the series of common numbers = 21
Here a = 21, common difference of the series of common numbers = L.C.M of d1 and d2 = 12
 Required sum of first hundred terms
100
= [2 × 21 + (100 – 1) 12] = 100 [21 + 594] = 61500
2

17.4 (A)
Since A1, A2, A3, ........, A11 be 11 A.M.s between 28 and 10.
 28, A1, A2, ........., A11, 10 are in A.P.
Let 'd' be the common difference of A.P.
Also the number of terms = 13.
10 = T13 = T1 + 12d = 28 + 12d
10  28 18 3
 d= =– =–
12 12 2
 Number of intergral A.M's is 5.

17.5 (A)
 a, b, c are in H.P.
2ac
 b=
(a  c )
1 1 1 1
 +  +
ba bc 2ac 2ac
a c
(a  c ) (a  c )
 1 1  (a  c )  1 1 
 (a + c)       
 a(c  a) c(a  c )  (a  c )  a c 
(c  a)(a  c ) (a  c ) 2
  =
ac(a  c ) ac b

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17.6 (D)
a1 + a3 + a5 + ............... a199 = 
a2 + a4 + a6 + ............. + a200 = 
a2 – a1 + a4 – a3 + a6 – a5 ........... a200 – a199 =  – 
d + d + d ............. d =  – 
 
d =
100
17.7 (B)
a, b, c, d are in G.P., let they are a, ar, ar2, ar 3
(a2 + b2 + c 2) (b2 + c 2 + d2)
= a2 × a2 [1 + r2 + r4] [r2 + r4 + r6] = a4 r 2 [1 + r2 + r4]2 = [a2 r [1 + r 2 + r4]]2 = (ab + bc + cd)2

17.8 (C)
a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 are in H.P.
2 a1 a 3
 a2 = a  a  2a1 a3 = a2a1 + a3a2
1 3

2 a3 a5
a4 = a  a  2a3 a5 = a3a4 + a5a4
3 5
 a1a2 + a2a3 + a3a4 + a4a5 = 2a1a3 + 2a3a5 .....(i)
2 (a1 a 5 )
a3 = a  a  a1a3 + a5a3 = 2a 1a5 ..... (ii)
1 5
using (i) & (ii)
a1a2 + a2a3 + a3a4 + a4a5 = 2(2a1a5) = 4 a1a5

17.9 (B)
S = 1 + 4x + 7x2 + 10x3 + ...............
x.S = x + 4x2 + 7x3 + .....................
Subtract
S(1 – x) = 1 + 3x + 3x2 + 3x3 + ............
 1 
S(1 – x) = 1 + 3x   |x| < 1
 1 x 

1  2x
S=
(1  x )2

1  2x 35
Given =  16 + 32x = 35 + 35x2 – 70 x  35x2 – 102x + 19 = 0
(1  x )2 16
 35x2 – 7x – 95x + 19 = 0  7x (5x – 1) – 19(5x – 1) = 0
1 19
 (5x – 1) (7x – 19) = 0  x= ,
5 7
1
But |x| < 1  x=
5
17.10 (C)
1+a 2 a {AM  GM}

1+b 2 b

1+c 2 c

1+d 2 d
 (1 + a) (1 + b) (1 + c) (1 + d)  16 abcd = 16
 min. value = 16
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17.11 (A)
Let the sides be a – d, a , a + d
where a > d > 0
we have
(a + d)2 = (a – d)2 + a2
a a
 d= we have sin =
4 ad
3 4
 cos  = , sin  =
5 5

17.12 (A)
Since each ai is an odd number not divisible by a prime greater than 5, ai can be written as
ai = 3r 5s where r, s are non-negative integers.
thus for all n  N
1 1 1  1 1  1 1  15
  .....  < 1   2  .....   1   2  .....   =
a1 a 2 an  3 3  5 5  8
17.13 (D)
S1 : ax = by = cz = k (let)
 a = k1/x, b = k1/y, c = k1/z
 a, b, c are in G.P.  b2 = ac  (k1/y)2 = (k1/x) (k1/z)  k2/y = k1/x + 1/z
2 1 1
 y = x + z
 x, y, z are in H.P.
S2 : a, ar, ar2,........, arn, b Given
1
 b  n 1
 ar n+1
=b  r=  
a
n
 b  (n  1)
 Gn = a  
a
S3 : Let a1, a2, a3 ........ be a, ar, ar2, .......
& b1, b2, b3 ....... be A,AR, AR2, .......
2
a1 a 2 a 3 a ar  ar 
 , , , ........  ,  ,   , .......
b1 b 2 b 3 A A R A R
which is also G.P.

1 1 1  1  1   a  b 
S4 :  + (n + 2 – 1) d  d=   =   (true)
b a n  1  b a   (n  1) ab 

17.14 (C)
S1 : To get the maximum value of P = a1 a2 + a2a3 + .......+ a7a8 maximise one term and minimise other.
 a3 = a4 = ......... = a8 = 0
 P = a1a2
2
 a1  a 2 
    a1a2
 2 
2
 16 
    a1 a2
 2 
 a1 a2  64
 Pmax = 64

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x2  r 2 y 2  s2
S2 :   x 2 r 2 and  y 2s2
2 2
 x2 + r2  2xr and y2 + s2  2ys
 2(xr + ys)  x2 + y2 + r2 + s2  2(xr + ys)  2  (xr + ys)  1
 (xr + ys)maximum = 1
S3 : Let  and  be two positive real numbers such that

A= G2 = 
2

  2  4
2
      
so = + and = =      A 2  G2
2 2 2 4  2 

so =A+ A 2  G2
  
and =   =A– A 2  G2
2  2 
pr (p  r )3
S4 : q=  q3 =
2 8
 8q = p + r + 3pr (p + r)
3 3 3
 8q3 = p3 + r 3 + 3pr (2q)  p3 + r3 = 8q3 – 6pqr

17.15 (A)
tp  t q tr  ts
S1 : = = a + (p – 1) d + a + (q – 1)d = a + (r – 1)d + a+(s – 1)d
2 2
 p + q = r + s.
5 7 11 19
S2 : S=     ......  t n
2 4 8 16
10 14 22
=    ......  t n
4 8 16
5 3 3 3
tn =     ........  upto (n – 1) terms
2 4 8 16
n 1
 1
1  
5 1 1 1  5 3 2 5 3 1  3
= 3     .....  upto (n  1) terms  =  . =  1  n1  = 1
2  4 8 16  2 4 1 2 2 2  2n
1
2
n
S t
n 1
n

1
1
1 1 1  3 2n
 S = n  3  2  ......  n  = n
 2 2 2  2 1
1
2
S = n + 3 – 3. 2– n

4 5 82 5
S3 : +=  =
2 5 2 5

2 2(8  2 5 )
 H.M. = = = 4.
 4 5
S4. t1 + t2 + t3 + t4 + t5 = 5t3 = 30

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17.16 (A, C)
1 1 1
S=1+ (1 + 2) 2 + (1 + 2 + 3) 2 + (1 + 2 + 3 + 4)2 + .....
(1  3) (1  3  5) (1  3  5  7)
2
1 1  r(r  1)  r 2  2r  1
r term T r = 2 (1 + 2 + ...... + r) = 2 
th 2
 =
r r  2  4
10
1  (10 )(10  1)(20  1)  (10 )(10  1)  10 
 T 7 = 16 and S10 = T
r 1
r = 
4  6
 =

505
4

17.17 (A,B,C)
n n
n(n  1)(2n  1) n (n  1) 1 n(n  1)(n  2)
 r2 + r
r 1
=
6
+
2
=
6
n . (n + 1) [2n + 1 + 3] =
3
r 1
a = 0, b = 1, c = 2

17.18 (B, D)

a.ar..............ar n–1
a [r 11  1]
[r  1] 1
=
 1  11  8
ar n 1    1
 r  
1 
 r  1
 
ar n 1 (1  r )
11
(r 11  1)
8a = 10
r 1 r (1  r )
8 = rn–11

ar 9 [r n 9  1]
(r  1) (r n9  1) 2ar n 19 [1  r n 9 ]
 =2  ar9 =
9 n9  (r  1) r n9 [1  r ]
n 1  1   1 
(ar )      1 r
 r   r  
1 
 r  1
 

2
 r9 = ×r  r = 21/9
r
n 11
8= 2 9

n  11
= 3  n = 11 + 27 = 38
9

17.19 (A), (B), (C) and (D)

Since a912 , a951 and a480 , is divisible by 3 then a91 is not prime

10 91 – 1 10 91 – 1 10 7 – 1
a91 = = 
10 – 1 10 7 – 1 10 – 1
= (1 + 107 + ......... + 1084) (1 + 10 + ..... + 106)
 a91 is not prime

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17.20 (A)
3(a2 + b2 + c2 + 1) – 2(a + b + c + ab + bc + ca) = 0
 (a – 1)2 + (b – 1)2 + (c – 1)2 + (a – b)2 + (b – c)2 + (c – a)2 = 0  a=b=c=1

17.21 (A)
obviously both the statements are true and statement-2 explains statement-1.

17.22 (A)
1 1 1
Statement -I : Consider ‘a’ quantities equal to , 'b' quantities equal to & ‘c’ quantities equal to
a b c

1 1 1
a.  b.  c.
a b c 3
A.M. = =
abc abc
1
 1 1 1  abc
G.M. =  a . b . c 
a b c 
A.M.  G.M.
3 1 a b c abc
  . . 
abc a b c a a b  c b a  b  c c a  b  c 3
a ab c , b ab c , c ab c

a1  a n
Statement-II : A = , G = a1 a n
2
We may assume that
a1an – a2an–1 = a1{a1 + (n – 1)d} – (a1 + d) {a1 + (n – 2)d}
= –(n – 2)d2 < 0
a1an < a2an–1
Similarly a1an < a3an–2
If n is even (a1an)n/2 < a1a2a3.....an
If n is odd  n = 2m + 1
2
a1 a2m+1 < am 1
similarly a1 a2m+1 < am.am+2
(a1an)n/2 < a1.a2......an
 A.M.  G.M.
n n
 a1  a 2  a 3 .....a n   a1  a n 
  > a1a2.....an  (a1an )n/2 < a1a2........an <  
 n   2 
 G < a1a2........an < An
n

17.23 (B)
Statement - 1 a, A, b are in A.P.  2A = a + b ..... (i)
a, p, q, b are in G.P.  pq = ab ..... (ii)
and let common ratio of G.P. be r
1
 b 3
 b = ar 3
 r=  
a
1
 b 3
p = ar  p = a.    p3 = a2 b ..... (iii)
a
2
 b 3
q = ar 2
 q=a    q3 = ab2 ..... (iv)
a
from (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv)
p3 + q3 = 2A pq statement-2 is obviously true

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17.24 (B)

G1 G2 ....... Gn =  1 1024  n
= 25n
 25n = 245
 n=9

17.25 (B)
A1 + A2 + A3 + ........ + Am–1 + Am = 1025 × 171
  2  1027 
 m   = 1025 × 171
 2 
 m = 342

17.26 (A)
1
Since n = 9,  r = 1024 9 1 = 2
 G1 = 2, r = 2
2 . (29  1)
G1 + G2 + .......... + Gn = = 1024 – 2 = 1022
2 1

17.27 (A)
1027  2
Common difference of sequence A1, A2, ......, Am is =3
342  1
 common difference of sequence A1, A3, A5 , ......, Am–1 is 6

17.28 (A)
we have A171 + A172 = – 2 + 1027 = 1025
2 A 171  2A 172
 = 1025
2
also G5 = 1 × 25 = 32
2 2
 G5 = 1024 i.e. G5 +1 = 1025
2
 2 A171, G5 + 1, 2A172 are in A.P..

17.29 (C)

17.30 (B)

17.31 (C)
Let numbers in set A be a – D, a, a + D and in set B be b – d, b , b + d
3a = 3b = 15  a=b=5
set A = {5 – D, 5, 5 + D}
set B = {5 – d, 5, 5 + d}
where D = d + 1

p 5(25  D 2 ) 7
= 2 =
q 5(25  d ) 8
25(8 – 7) = 8 (d + 1)2 – 7d2
 d = – 17, 1 but d > 0  d=1
So numbers in Set A are 3, 5, 7
number in Set B are 4, 5, 6
Now p = 3 × 5 × 7 = 105
q = 4 × 5 × 6 = 120
value of D + d = 3

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17.32 (C)

17.33 (B)

17.34 (C)
Let four integers be a–d, a , a + d and a + 2d
where a and d are integers and d > 0.
 a + 2d = (a – d)2 + a2 + (a + d)2
 2d2 – 2d + 3a2 – a = 0 ...............(i)
1 
 d= 1  1  2a  6a 2  ...............(ii)
2 
 
Since d is positive integer
 1 + 2a – 6a2 > 0
6a2 – 2a – 1 < 0

1 7 1 7
 <a<  a is an integer
6 6
 a = 0 Put in (ii)
 d = 1 or 0 but  d>0
 d=1
 The four numbers are : –1, 0, 1, 2

17.35 (A)  (r), (B)  (p, t), (C)  (s), (D)  (q)

2 F(n)  1 1
(A) F(n + 1) = = F(n) +
2 2
1
 F(1), F(2), F(3), .... is an AP with common difference
2
(B) a1 + 2d + a1 + 4d + a1 + 10d + a1 + 16d + a1 + 18d = 5a1 + 50d
= 5(a1 + 10d) = 10 i.e. a1 + 10d = 2
21
21
Now, a
i1
i 
2
[2a1 + 20d] = 21(a1 + 10d) = 42

(C) S = 1 + 5 + 13 + 29 + ..... + t10

S= 1 + 5 + 13 + ..... + t9 + t10
Subtrating
t10 = 1 + 4 + 8 + 16 + ....... up to 10 terms
= 1 + (4 + 8 + 16 + ...... up to 9 terms)
= 2045
90
(D) Sum of all two digit numbers = (10 + 99) = (45) (109)
2

45
Sum of all two digit numbers is divisible by 2 = (10 + 98) = (45) (54)
2

30
Sum of all two digit numbers is divisible by 3 = (12 + 99) = 15 (111)
2

15
Sum of all two digit numbers divisible by 6 = (12 + 96) = 15 (54)
2
The required sum is 45(109) + 15(54) – (45) (54) – 15 (111) = 1620

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17.36 (A)  (q), (B)  (r), (C)  (p), (D)  (t)

(A) a + b = 12

6 ab
ab + a  b = 48

ab
ab + = 48
2
 ab = 32

5 11 17
(B) S= + + + .........
2
1 .4 2 2
4 .7 2
7 .10 2
2

3 .5 3.11 3.17
 3S = + + + ..........
1 .42 2
4 .72 2
7 2.10 2

( 4  1) . ( 4  1) (7  4)(7  4) (10  7)(10  7)

 3S = 2 2 + 2 2 + + ..........
1 .4 4 .7 7 2 . 10 2

4 2  12 72  42 10 2  7 2
 3S = + + + ........
12 . 4 2 42 . 72 7 2 . 10 2

1 1 1 1 1
 3S = 1 – + – + – + ........
4 2
4 2
7 2
7 2
10 2

1
 3S = 1  S=
3

1 1 1 1 4 2
(C) H.M of , , , is 
2 3 4 5 2345 7

(D) Since G.M. lies between the numbers GM = – ( 4 )  ( 9 ) = – 6

17.37 (12)
Let the series be a, ax, ax 2, ax 3... given that |x| < 1 and x  0.

T4 ax 3 1 1 1
Also, T = =  x2 =  x=±
2 ax 16 16 4

1
But since it is a decreasing G.P.  x=
4

T3 ax 2 1 1 1
Also, 2 = 2 =  =  a=9
T2 (ax ) 9 a 9

a 9 94
S = = = = 12
1 r 1 3
1
4

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17.38 (4)

n3 n

 4(  3) = An
4
2
+ Bn + C   4 = An
 1
2
+ Bn + C

 2n(n + 1) = An2 + Bn + C  A = 2, B = 2, C = 0  A + B – C = 4

17.39 (3)

1  (3 x ) 6
(1 – P) (1 + 3x + 9x2 + 27x3 + 81x4 + 243x5) = 1 – P6  (1 – P) = 1 – P6
1  3x

P
which is possible only, if P = 3x  =3
x

17.40 (7)

1
(12 + 22 + .... + n2) – (a1 + a2 + .... + an) = n(n2 – 1) ...(i)
3

Replacing n by (n – 1), then

1
(12 + 22 + .... + (n – 1)2) – (a1 + a2 + .... + an–1) = (n – 1) ((n – 1)2 – 1) ...(ii)
3

Subtracting (ii) from (i)

n2 – an = n2 – n  an = n  a7 = 7

17.41 (18)
f is increasing
so its greatest value is f(3) = 27.
Let the GP be a, ar, ar2 ........ with, – 1 < r < 1

a 4 2
= 27 and a – ar = 3  r= or r=
1– r 3 3

2
but –1<r<1 so r=  27 r = 18
3

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