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In an arithmetic progression, if the sum of fourth, seventh and tenth terms is 99, and the sum of the first fourteen terms is 497, then the sum of first five terms is

Let $a_n$ be the $n^{th}$ term of a decreasing infinite geometric progression. If $a_1+a_2+a_3 = 52$ and $a_1a_2+a_2a_3+a_3a_1 = 624$, then the sum of this geometric progression is

In the set of consecutive odd numbers $\{1, 3, 5, \ldots, 57\}$, there is a number $k$ such that the sum of all the elements less than $k$ is equal to the sum of all the elements greater than $k$. Then, $k$ equals

For any natural number $k$, let $a_k = 3^k$. The smallest natural number $m$ for which $\{(a_1)^1 \times (a_2)^2 \times \ldots \times (a_{20})^{20}\} < \{a_{21} \times a_{22} \times \ldots \times a_{(20+m)}\}$, is

Consider the sequence $t_1 = 1$, $t_2 = -1$ and $t_n = \left(\frac{n-3}{n-1}\right) t_{n-2}$ for $n \ge 3$. The, the value of the sum $\frac{1}{t_2} + \frac{1}{t_4} + \frac{1}{t_6} + \dots + \frac{1}{t_{2022}} + \frac{1}{t_{2024}}$ is

The sum of the infinite series is $\frac{1}{5}\left(\frac{1}{5}-\frac{1}{7}\right)+\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)^{2}\left(\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)^{2}-\left(\frac{1}{7}\right)^{2}\right)+\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)^{3}\left(\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)^{3}-\left(\frac{1}{7}\right)^{3}\right)+\ldots .$. equal to

Suppose $x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}, \ldots, x_{100}$ are in arithmetic progression such that $x_{5}=-4$ and $2 x_{6}+2 x_{9}=x_{11}+x_{13}$, Then, $x_{100}$ equals

The value of $1+\left(1+\frac{1}{3}\right) \frac{1}{4}+\left(1+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{9}\right) \frac{1}{16}+\left(1+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{9}+\frac{1}{27}\right) \frac{1}{64}+\ldots \ldots$, is

Let $a_n = 46 + 8n$ and $b_n = 98 + 4n$ be two sequences for natural numbers $n \le 100$. Then, the sum of all terms common to both the sequences is

Let both the series $a_1, a_2, a_3, \dots$ and $b_1, b_2, b_3 \dots$ be in arithmetic progression such that the common differences of both the series are prime numbers. If $a_5 = b_9$, $a_{19} = b_{19}$ and $b_2 = 0$, then $a_{11}$ equals

Let $a_n$ and $b_n$ be two sequences such that $a_n = 13 + 6 (n - 1)$ and $b_n = 15 + 7 (n - 1)$ for all natural numbers $n$. Then, the largest three digit integer that is common to both these sequences, is

For some positive and distinct real numbers $x, y$ and $z$, if $\frac{1}{\sqrt{y}+\sqrt{z}}$ is the arithmetic mean of $\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{z}}$ and $\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}}$, then the relationship which will always hold true, is

A lab experiment measures the number of organisms at $8$ am every day. Starting with $2$ organisms on the first day, the number of organisms on any day is equal to $3$ more than twice the number on the previous day. If the number of organisms on nth day exceeds one million, then the lowest possible value of $n$ is

The average of all 3-digit terms in the arithmetic progression $38, 55, 72, \dots$, is

On day one, there are $100$ particles in laboratory experiment. On day $n$, where $n \geq 2$, one out of every $n$ particles produces another particle. If the total number of particles in the laboratory experiment increases to $1000$ on day $m$, then $m$ equals.

The average of a non-decreasing sequence of $N$ numbers $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{N}$ is $300$. If $a_{1}$ is replaced by $6 a_{1}$, the new average becomes $400$. Then, the number of possible values of $a_{1}$ is

Consider the arithmetic progression 3, 7, 11, ..... and let Aₙ denote the sum of the first n terms of this progression. Then the value of $\frac{1}{25} \sum_{n=1}^{25} A_n$ is

For any natural number n, suppose the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression is $(n + 2n^2)$. If the $n^{th}$ term of the progression is divisible by $9$, then the smallest possible value of $n$ is

If n is a positive integer such that $(\sqrt[7]{10})(\sqrt[7]{10})^{2} \ldots(\sqrt[7]{10})^{n}>999$, then the smallest value of n is

Consider a sequence of real number $x_1, x_2, x_3, ...$ such that $x_{n+1} = x_n + n - 1$ for all $n \ge 1$. If $x_1 = -1$ then $x_{100}$ is equal to

Three positive integers $x, y$ and $z$ are in arithmetic progression. If $y − x > 2$ and $xyz = 5(x + y + z)$, then $z − x$ equals

For a sequence of real numbers $x_1, x_2, ...... x_n$, if $x_1 - x_2 + x_3 - .... + (-1)^{n + 1} x_n = n^2 + 2n$ for all natural numbers n, then the sum $x_{49} + x_{50}$ equals

If $\mathrm{x}_{0}=1, \mathrm{x}_{1}=2$, and $\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{n}+2}=\frac{1+x_{n+1}}{x_{n}}, n=0,1,2,3 \ldots \ldots$., then $x_{2021}$ is

The natural numbers are divided into groups as (1), $(2,3,4),(5,6,7,8,9), \ldots .$. and so on. Then, the sum of the numbers in the 15th group is equal to

If $x_1 = -1$ and $x_m = x_{m+1} + (m + 1)$ for every positive integer $m,$ then $x_{100}$ equals

Let the $m^{th}$ and $n^{th}$ terms of a geometric progression be $3 / 4$ and $12$, respectively, where $m<n$. If the common ratio of the progression is an integer $r$, then the smallest possible value of $r+n-m$ is

Let $a_1, a_2, ...$ be integers such that $a_1 - a_2 + a_3 - a_4 + ... + (-1)^{n - 1} a_n = n$, for all $n \ge 1$. Then $a_{51} + a_{52} + ... + a_{1023}$ equals

The number of common terms in the two sequences: $15, 19, 23, 27,......., 415$ and $14, 19, 24, 29,........,464$ is

If $(2n + 1) + (2n + 3) + (2n + 5) + .... + (2n + 47) = 5280$, then what is the value of $1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n$?

If $a_1 + a_2 + a_3 + \dots + a_n = 3 \times (2^{n+1} - 2)$, for every $n \ge 1$, then $a_{11}$ equals

If $a_{1}, a_{2} \ldots .$. are in A.P., then, $\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_{1}}+\sqrt{a_{2}}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_{2}}+\sqrt{a_{3}}}+\ldots .+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_{n}}+\sqrt{a_{n+1}}}$ is equal to

If the population of a town is $p$ in the beginning of any year then it becomes $3+2 p$ in the beginning of the next year. If the population in the beginning of $2019$ is $1000$ then the population in the beginning of $2034$ will be

The value of the sum $7 \times 11 + 11 \times 15 + 15 \times 19 + \dots + 95 \times 99$ is

Let $t_1, t_2, \dots$ be real numbers such that $t_1 + t_2 +\dots+ t_n = 2n^2 + 9n + 13$, for every positive integer $n\ge2$. If $t_k =103$, then $k$ equals

Let $x, y, z$ be three positive real numbers in a geometric progression such that $x<y<z$. If $5 x, 16 y$, and $12 z$ are in an arithmetic progression then the common ratio of the geometric progression is

Let $a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4, a_5$ be a sequence of five consecutive odd numbers. Consider a new sequence of five consecutive even numbers ending with $2a_3$. $\newline$ If the sum of the numbers in the new sequence is $450$, then $a_5$ is

An infinite geometric progression $a_1, a_2, a_3,...$ has the property that $a_n = 3(a_{n+1} + a_{n+2} +....)$ for every $n \ge 1$. If the sum $a_1 + a_2 + a_3 +..... = 32$, then $a_5$ is

If $\mathrm{a}_{1}=\frac{1}{2 \times 5}, \mathrm{a}_{2}=\frac{1}{5 \times 8}, \mathrm{a}_{3}=\frac{1}{8 \times 11}$, then $\mathrm{a}_{1,}+\mathrm{a}_{2,}+\mathrm{a}_{3,}+\ldots . . \mathrm{a}_{100}$ is

If the square of the $7$th term of an arithmetic progression with positive common difference equals the product of the $3$rd and $17$th terms, then the ratio of the first term to the common difference is

Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots \ldots . . . a_{3 n}$ be an arithmetic progression with $a_{1}=3$ and $a_{2}=7$. If $a_{1}+a_{2}+\ldots .+a_{3 n}=1830$, then what is the smallest positive integer $m$ such that $m\left(a_{1}+a_{2}+\ldots .+a_{n}\right)>1830$ ?