SEQUENCE and SERIES
SEQUENCE and SERIES
By Nihar Ranjan
BRA N i TEASERS
ON
The problems here are a happy blend of the straight and the twisted, the simple and the difficult
and the easy and the challenging.
3. The ratio of sum of first three terms of a G.P. to the sum of first six terms is 64 ∶ 91 , the common ratio
of G.P. is
1 3 5 7
(a) 4
(b) 4
(c) 4
(d) 4
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6. If 𝑆𝑚 = 𝑚𝑟 + 2 𝑚 𝑚 − 1 𝑆, where 𝑆𝑚 denotes the sum of first 𝑚 terms of an A. P., then the
common difference is
10. The A.M. and H.M. between two numbers are 8 and 32 then their G.M. is
11. If one A.M. 𝐴 and two G.M.’s 𝑝 and 𝑞 be inserted between two numbers 𝑎 and 𝑏, then which of
13. If 𝑎2 + 4𝑏2 + 9𝑐 2 = 2𝑎𝑏 + 6𝑏𝑐 + 3𝑎𝑐, where 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are non zero numbers, then 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in
14. If fourth term of a G.P. is 3, the product of the first seven terms is
18. The third term of a G.P. is 7, the product of its first five terms is
20. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are distinct real numbers greater than zero, and 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 = 1, then the value of
𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎 is
(a) less than 1 (b) equal to 1 (c) greater than 1 (d) any real number
21. The sum of 𝑛 terms of an A.P. is 5𝑛2 + 6𝑛 and 𝑟 th term is 401 then the value of 𝑟 is
23. The 6th term of an A.P. is 18 and the 9th term is 12 then 𝑡15 of the series is
4 −𝑛 1 4 −𝑛 1 4 −𝑛 1
(a) 𝑛 + − (b) 𝑛 − + (c) 𝑛 − − (d) none of these
3 3 3 3 3 3
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25. If 1, log 81 3𝑥 + 48 , log 9 3𝑥 − are in A.P., then the value of 𝑥 equals
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