Medium MCQ +4 / -1 PYQ · JEE Mains 2023

Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \ldots, a_{\mathrm{n}}$ be $\mathrm{n}$ positive consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression. If $\mathrm{d} > 0$ is its common difference, then

$$\lim_\limits{n \rightarrow \infty} \sqrt{\frac{d}{n}}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_{1}}+\sqrt{a_{2}}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_{2}}+\sqrt{a_{3}}}+\ldots \ldots \ldots+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_{n-1}}+\sqrt{a_{n}}}\right)$$ is

  1. A $\frac{1}{\sqrt{d}}$
  2. B 1 Correct answer
  3. C 0
  4. D $\sqrt{d}$

Solution

$$\lim_\limits{n \rightarrow \infty} \sqrt{\frac{d}{n}}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_{1}}+\sqrt{a_{2}}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_{2}}+\sqrt{a_{3}}}+\ldots \ldots \ldots+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_{n-1}}+\sqrt{a_{n}}}\right)$$ <br/><br/>Now, <br/><br/>$\begin{aligned} & \frac{1}{\sqrt{a_1}+\sqrt{a_2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_2}+\sqrt{a_3}}+\ldots+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a_{n-1}}+\sqrt{a_n}} \\\\ = & \frac{\sqrt{a_2}-\sqrt{a_1}}{a_2-a_1}+\frac{\sqrt{a_3}-\sqrt{a_2}}{a_3-a_2}+\ldots+\frac{\sqrt{a_n}-\sqrt{a_{n-1}}}{a_n-a_{n-1}} \\\\ = & \frac{\sqrt{a_2}-\sqrt{a_1}+\sqrt{a_3}-\sqrt{a_2}+. .+\sqrt{a_n}-\sqrt{a_{n-1}}}{d}\end{aligned}$ <br/><br/>$\left(\because a_2-a_1=a_3-a_2=\ldots a_n-a_{n-1}=d\right)$ <br/><br/>$\begin{aligned} & =\frac{\sqrt{a_n}-\sqrt{a_1}}{d} \\\\ & =\frac{\sqrt{a_1+(n-1) d}-\sqrt{a_1}}{d}\end{aligned}$ <br/><br/>$\therefore \lim\limits_{n \rightarrow \infty} \sqrt{\frac{d}{n}}\left(\frac{\sqrt{a_1+(n-1) d}-\sqrt{a_1}}{d}\right)$ <br/><br/>$\begin{aligned} & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left[\frac{1}{\sqrt{d}}\left(\frac{\sqrt{a_1+(n-1) d}-\sqrt{a_1}}{\sqrt{n}}\right)\right] \\\\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left[\frac{1}{\sqrt{d}}\left(\sqrt{\frac{a_1}{n}+\left(d-\frac{d}{n}\right)}-\sqrt{\frac{a_1}{n}}\right)\right] \\\\ & =\frac{1}{\sqrt{d}}(\sqrt{0+d-0}-\sqrt{0})=\frac{\sqrt{d}}{\sqrt{d}}=1\end{aligned}$

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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Limits, Continuity and Differentiability · Topic: Limits and Standard Results

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