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EXERCISE – IV ADVANCED SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. Show that ln (4 × 12 × 36 × 108 × ....... up to n 11. Find the sum of the n terms and to infinity of the
n(n  1) 1 2 3
terms) = 2n ln 2 + ln 3. sequence 2 4
 2 4
 + ........
2 1 1  1 1 2  2 1  3  34
2

2. There are n AM’s between 1 & 31 such that 7th 12. An AP & an HP have the same first term, the same
th last term & the same number of terms; prove that the
mean : (n – 1) mean = 5 : 9, then find the value of n. th
product of the r term from the beginning in one series
th
& the r term from the end in the other is independent
3. Prove that the average of the numbers n sin nº, of r.
n = 2, 4, 6 ,......., 180 is cot 1º.
13. Find the sum of the first n terms of the sequence:
4. If S be the sum, P the product & R the sum of the 2 3
 1  1  1
1 + 2  1   + 3  1   + 4  1   + .......
n
2 R  n n n
reciprocals of n terms of a GP, find the value of P   .    
S
14. Find the nth term and the sum of n terms of the
5. In a set of four numbers, the first three are in GP & sequence
the last three are in AP, with common difference 6. If (i) 1 + 5 + 13 + 29 + 61 + .....
the first number is the same as the fourth, find the
four numbers. (ii) 6 + 13 + 22 + 33 + ......

15. The AM of two numbers exceeds their GM by 15&

6. Find the sum of the series, 7+77+777 +... to n terms.
HM by 27. Find the numbers.

7. Find three numbers a, b, c between 2 & 18 such that ; 16. Sum the following series to n terms and to infinity:
(i) their sum is 25 1 1 1
(i)    ....
(ii) the numbers 2, a, b are consecutive terms of an 1.4.7 4.7.10 7.10.13
AP &
n
(iii) the numbers b, c, 18 are consecutive terms of a
GP.
(ii) 
r 1
r (r + 1) (r + 2) (r + 3)

n
8. If one AM ‘a’ & two GM’s p & q be inserted between 1
any two given numbers then show that (iii)  4r
r 1
2
1
3 3
p + q = 2 apq.

st nd rd
1 1.3 1.3.5
9. The 1 , 2 and 3 terms of an arithmetic series (iv)   + .......... .
2 st nd 4 4.6 4.6.8
are a, b and a where ‘a’ is negative. The 1 , 2 and
rd 2
3 terms of a geometric series are a, a and b find the 
n2
(i) value of a and b 17. Evaluate the sum 6
n1
n .

(ii) sum of infinite geometric series if it exists. If no 18. If the sum

then find the sum to n terms of the GP. 1 1 1 1 1 1
1   1   1   ....
2 2 2 2 2
1 2 2 3 3 42
(iii) sum of the 40 term of the arithmetic series.
1 1
st
......  1  
2
10. If the 10th term of an HP is 21 & 21 term of the (1999) (2000)2
th
same HP is 10, then find the 210 term. equal to n –1/n where n  N. Find n.

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19. Show that in any arithmetic progression a1, a2, a3....

2 2 2 2 2 2
a1 – a2 + a3 – a4 + .............. + a 2 K – 1 – a 2K 29. One of the roots of the equation
2 2
= [K/(2K – 1)] (a1 – a 2K). 6 5 3
2000x + 100x + 10x + x – 2 = 0 is of the form

20. If the first 3 consecutive terms of a geometrical m n

progression are the roots of the equation , where m is non zero integer and n and r are
3 2
2x – 19x + 57x – 54 = 0 find the sum to infinite
r
number of terms of G.P. relatively prime natural numbers. Find the value of
3 2
m + n + r.
21. If the roots of 10x – cx – 54x – 27 = 0 are in
harmonic progression, then find c & all the roots.
30. In a GP the ratio of the sum of the first eleven
terms to the sum of the last eleven terms is 1/8 and
22. If a, b, c, d, e be 5 numbers such that a, b, c are
in AP; b, c, d, are in GP & c, d, e are in HP then the ratio of the sum of all the terms without the first
(i) Prove that a, c, e are in GP. nine to the sum of all the terms without the last nine
is 2. Find the number of terms in the G.P.
2
(ii) Prove that e = (2b – a) /a.
31. Given a three digit number whose digits are three
(iii) If a = 2 & e = 18, find all possible values of b, c, d. successive terms of a G.P. If we subtract 792 from it,
we get a number written by the same digits in the
23. If n is a root of the equation
2 2 2 reverse order. Now if we subtract four from the
x (1 – ac) – x (a + c ) – (1 + ac) = 0 & if n HM’s are
inserted between a & c, show that the difference hundred’s digit of the initial number and leave the
between the first & the last mean is equal to ac (a – c). other digits unchanged, we get a number whose digits
are successive terms of an A.P. Find the number.
24. (i) The value of x + y + z is 15 if a, x, y, z, b are
in AP while the value of (1/x) + (1/y) + (1/z) is 5/3 if
a, x, y, z, b are in HP. Find a & b.

(ii) The values of xyz is 15/2 or 18/5 according as the

series a, x, y, z, b is an AP or HP. Find the values of a
& b assuming them to be positive integer.

25. Prove that the sum of the infinite series

1.3 3.5 5.7 7.9
 2  3  4 + .............  = 23.
2 2 2 2

26. Find the condition that the roots of the equation

3 2
x + px + qx – r = 0 may be in A.P. and hence solve
3 2
the equation x – 12x + 39x – 28 = 0.

27. If a, b, c be in GP & logc a, logb c, loga b be in AP,

then show that the common difference of the AP must
be 3/2.

28. Two distinct, real infinite geometric series each

have a sum of 1 and have the same second term. The
third term of one of the series is 1/8. If the second
term of both the series can be written in the form
m n
, where m, n and p are positive integers and
p
m is not divisible by the square of any prime, find the
value of 100m + 10n + p.

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