PIONEER CAT - 2023

Modern Maths
Sequence & Series
Part II
Lecture No.- 03 By- Vinit Kakriya Sir
 Recap of Previous Lecture

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 Topics to be Covered
Concept & Numerical based on ‘AM – GM – HM’
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Topic Problems for Practice

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 Topic : AM – GM – HM

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#Q. 1] If a, b, c are in HP, 2b = a and a + b = 9 then find the sum of a, b, c.

A. 10
B. 9
C. 11
D. 12

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𝐻𝑀
#Q. 2] If 3 numbers a, b, c are in AP and abc = 8 then find the ratio 𝐺𝑀 , where HM
stands for Harmonic Mean and GM stands for Geometric Mean.

A. 2/b
B. 3/c
C. 4/b
D. 5/a

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#Q. 3] 3 numbers a, b, c are in GP if their arithmetic mean is 𝑎𝑐 then find the harmonic
mean of these numbers.

A. 𝑎2 𝑐 2

B. 𝑏2

C. abc
𝑎𝑐
D.
𝑏3

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#Q. 4] If 3x + 3y + z = 12 find the maximum value of xyz

A. 9/16

B. 27

C. 64/9

D. 9

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#Q. 5] If x + 2y = 12 find the maximum value of 𝑥 2 𝑦 4

A. 212

B. 214

C. 24

D. 216

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#Q. 6] If GM of x, y, z is 3 then what will be the minimum possible value for xy + yz + zx

given that all x, y and z are positive.

A. 3
B. 9
C. 27
D. 1

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 Topic : Practice Questions

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 Topic : Geometric Progression

#Q. 7] Sum up to ∞ of the series 8 + 4 2 + 4 +……………… is

A. 8(2 + 2)
B. 8(2 - 2)
C. 4(2 + 2)
D. 4(2 - 2)

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 Topic : Geometric Progression

#Q. 8] In an infinite GP the total sum is 33, also it has another property
Tn = 2 (Tn+1 + Tn+2 + Tn+3 +......up to infinite) where Tn denotes nth term of the GP
find the 4th term of the GP
A. 22/81
B. 9/22
C. 3/22
D. 22/27

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 Topic : Geometric Progression

#Q. 9] A tennis ball is initially dropped from a height of 180 m. After striking the
ground, it rebounds (3/5)th of the height from which it has fallen. The total distance
that the ball travels before it comes to rest is
A. 540 m
B. 600 m
C. 720 m
D. 900 m

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 Topic : Geometric Progression

#Q. 10] The number of common terms in the two sequences 17, 21, 25, ……., 417 and
16, 21, 26, ……., 466 is

A. 78
B. 19
C. 20
D. None of these

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 Topic : Geometric Progression

#Q. 11] On January 1, 2004 two new societies, S1 and S2 are formed, each with ‘n’
members. On the first day of each subsequent month, S1 adds b members while S2
multiplies its current number of members by a constant factor r. Both the societies have
the same number of members on July 2, 2004. If b = 10.5n, what is the value of r?

A. 2
B. 1.9
C. 1.8
D. 1.7

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 Topic : Geometric Progression

#Q. 12] The sum of all terms of the arithmetic progression having ten terms except for
the first term, is 99, and except for the sixth term, 89. Find the third term of the
progression if the sum of the first and the fifth term is equal to 10.

A. 15
B. 10
C. 5
D. 8

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 Topic : Geometric Progression

#Q. 13] Anesthesia decides to invest in the stock of her husbands company for a period
of 4 years such that her investments always increase with the same amount year by
year and the sum of her investments for four years is 2000. If the sum of the squares of
her investment is 1200000. Find the third investment made by her

A. 500
B. 400
C. 800
D. 600

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 Topic : Geometric Progression

#Q. 14] Two colleagues were figuring out their salary in different years of their career
which were in Arithmetic Progression. The ratio of sum of their salaries after 'r'
number of years is (4r + 5) : (2r + 15). Find the ratio of their seventh year salary.
A. 57/41
B. 53/41
C. 53/45
D. 51/43

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 2 mins Summary
Concept & Numerical based on ‘AM – GM – HM’
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Topic Problems for Practice

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 THANK - YOU

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