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MathematicsSequence & SeriesMiscellaneous/MixedHard2 minPYQ_2016
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Letbi>1fori=1, 2,.,101.Supposelogeb1,logeb2,..,logeb101are in Arithmetic Progression (A.P.) with the common differenceloge2. Supposea1, a2,.,a101are in A.P. such thata1=b1anda51=b51.Ift=b1+b2++b51ands=a1+a2++a51then

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Solution:

Iflogeb1,logeb2.logeb101AP;     difference(d)=loge2
b 1 , b 2 , b 3 ....... b 101 GP;r=2
b 1 ,2 b 1 , 2 2 b 1 ........., 2 100 b 1 GP
a 1 , a 2 , a 3 .......... a 101 AP Let Common Difference = D
Given,a1=b1anda51=b51
a1+50D=250b1
a 1 +50D= 2 50 a 1 ( As b 1 = a 1 )D= 2 50 a 1 a 1 50
t= b 1 + b 2 +....... b 51 = b 1 +2 b 1 + 2 2 b 1 + .......2 50 b 1 t= b 1 ( 2 51 1 );
s= a 1 + a 2 +....... a 51 s= 51 2 ( 2 a 1 +50D )
t=a1. 251-a1t<a1. 251.......(i) ( asbi>1 &  a 1 = b 1 soa1>1 )
s=512 a1+a1+50D
s=512 a1+250 a1
s=51a12+512.250 a1
s>a1. 251......(ii)
Clearlys>t(from equation (i) and (ii))
Alsoa101=a1+100D;  b101=b1. 2100
a101=a1+100 250 a1-a150;  b101=2100 a1.......(ii)
a101=a1+251 a1-2a1   a101=251 a1-a1 a101<251 a1.......(iv)
Clearlyb101>a101(from equation (iii) and (iv))

Stream:JEE_ADVSubject:MathematicsTopic:Sequence & SeriesSubtopic:Miscellaneous/Mixed
2mℹ️ Source: PYQ_2016

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