SEQUENCES & SERIES JEE-ADV-JR-MATHS-VOL-I

  1 n  1  1
n
 23. If none of b1 , b2 ,...bn is zero then
1) 1  1  s  
s 2) s 1  1  s   2
         a1 a2 an 
   ....   is
n n  b1 b2 bn 
 1  1
3) 1  1   4) 1  1  
 s  s 1)   a12  a22  ...  an2  b12  b22  ...  bn2 
16. If r  1 and x  a  a / r  a / r 2  ......, 2)   a12  a22  ...  an2  b12  b22  ...  bn2 
y  b  b / r  b / r 2  ......,
3)   a12  a22  ...  an2  b12  b22  ...  bn2 
And z  c  c / r  c / r 2  ......,
4)   a12  a22  ...  an2  b12  b22  ...  bn2 
Then value of xy / z 2 is
24. If a,b,c be the pth, qth and rth terms respectively
1) ab / c 2 2) abr / c 3) ab / c 2 r 4) ab / c of a G.P., then the equation
17. If the A.M. and G.M. of two numbers are 13 a q b r c p x 2  pqrx  a r b p c q  0 has
and 12 respectively then the two numbers are
1) both roots zero
1) 8, 12 2) 8, 18 3) 10, 18 4) 12, 18
2) at least one root zero
18. If n!, 3(n!) and (n+1)! are in G.P., then n!,
3) no root zero 4) both roots unity
5(n!) and (n+1)! are in 25. If –1 < a, b, c < 1 and a, b, c are in A.P.
1) A.P. 2) G.P. 3) H.P. 4) None
  
19. If G1 and G2 are two geometric means and n n n
and x   a , y   b , z   c then x, y,,
A is the arithmetic mean inserted between n 0 n 0 n 0
two positive numbers then the value of z are in
G G2 2 1) A.P. 2) G.P. 3) H.P. 4) A.G..P
1 2
 is 26. If a1 , a2 , a3 ,.....an are in H.P then
G 2 G1
1) A/2 2) A 3) 2A 4) 3A a1 a2 a3
, , ,
20. If xi  0, i  1, 2,3,...50 and a2  a3  ...an a1  a3  ...an a1  a2  ...an
x1  x2  x3  ...  x50  50 and minimum an
......,
a2  a3  ...an 1
1 1 1 1
value of x  x  x  ...  x is  then 1) A.P. 2) G.P. 3) H.P. 4) A.G..P
1 2 3 50
27 If a, 8, b are in A.P; a, 4, b are in G.P; a,
 x, b are in H.P then x =
1) 50 2) 60 3) 40 4) 202. 1) 2 2) 1 3) 4 4) 16
21. If A1 , A2 , A3 ,.... belongs to A.P such that 28. Number of positive integral ordered pairs of
A1  A4  A7  ...  A28  140 then maximum  a, b  such that 6,a,b are in H.P is
1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) 8
value of A1 . A 2 .... A 2 8 is
ac
1) 2 28 2) 7 28 3) 14 
28
4)  28 
28 29. If a, b, c are in H.P, then the value of is
ac
22. Let a,b and c be the real numbers such that a a b b a
1) 2) 3) 4)
a  b  c  6 then, the range of ab 2 c 3 is a b a a ab
1)  0,   2)  0,1 30. If x  1, y  1, z  1 are in G.P then

3)  0,108 4)  6,108 1 1 1
, , are in
1  log x 1  log y 1  log z
1) AP 2) GP 3) HP 4) AGP
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1 
1 6. ar p  q 1  m and a.r p  q 1  n , find mn
a
31. If a   r 2
, b  
r 1  2r  1
,
2 then = a2 a3
r 1 b   K From the given in equality
7. a1 a2
5 4 3 4
1) 2) 3) 4) K 2 a1  4a1 K  3a1  0  K 2  4 K  3  0
4 3 4 5
EXERCISE - II (H.W) - KEY 2x
8. Common ratio of given G.P 
x3
1) 1 2) 2 3) 2 4) 4 5) 2 6) 2
7) 2 8) 1 9) 2 10) 2 11) 2 12) 4 2x
For definite sum of infinite G.P., 1  1
13) 3 14) 4 15) 1 16) 1 17) 2 18) 1 x3
19) 3 20) 1 21) 3 22) 3 23) 2 24) 3 2x 2x
25) 3 26) 3 27) 1 28) 3 29) 1 30) 3 31) 2   1  0 and 1  0  1  x  3
x3 x3
EXERCISE - II (H.W) - HINTS 9. Roots are real and equal
2
1. d  a1  a2  a3  ....  a2 n    a 2  b 2  c 2  b 2  c 2  d 2    ab  bc  cd   0

2. S101  1212  a  50d  12 , middle term= Tn 1  b 2  ac, c 2  bd , ac  bd

2
 a, b, c, d are in G.P
3. t is given that
n1 2
log 2, log  2  1 , log  2  3 are in A.P..
x x 10.  6  610  ....  610   8  810  .....810 n1


2
 2 log  2 x  1  log 2  log  2 x  3  2  8
  10 n  1    10 n  1 
 3  9
2
  2 x  1  2  2 x  3 11. a  1  10  102  ...  1054
2
  2x   4  2x   5  0 1055  1 1055  1 105  1
 .  bc
10  1 105  1 10  1
  2 x  5  2 x  1  0  2 x  5  x  log 2 5
1 1 1   2 2 2 
12.   3  5  ......    2  4  6  ...... 
4. a7  9  a1  6d  9 ; D  a1a2 a7 7 7 7  7 7 7 

 2 S  a / 1  r
33  9 
  9  6d  9  5d  9  270  d    
 20  400  13. an  2  an1  an 2  an3  ........  ,  n  N

33 ar n 1  2  ar n  a.r n 1  a.r n  2  ..... ;

is least for d=
20
2ar n 1
5. 2,7,12,17,......500 terms ar n 1  r
1 r 3
T500  2   500  1 5  2497
a
1,8,15,22........300 terms 14. a  ar  ar 2  ......  20   20 .......(1)
1 r
T300  1   300  1 7  2094
a 2  a 2 r 2  a 2 r 4  .............  100
The common difference of common terms =
5x7=35 a2 ....(2)
  100
Common terms are 22,57,92,........... 1 r2
Let last term  2094
3
 22   n  1 35  2094 from 1 and 2 we get r 
5
 n  60.2
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