Medium INTEGER +4 / -1 PYQ · JEE Mains 2021

Consider an arithmetic series and a geometric series having four initial terms from the set {11, 8, 21, 16, 26, 32, 4}. If the last terms of these series are the maximum possible four digit numbers, then the number of common terms in these two series is equal to ___________.

Answer (integer) 3

Solution

A.P. from the set will be 11, 16, 21, 26 ..... <br><br>G.P. from the set will be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192 ..... <br><br>So common terms are 16, 256, 4096.

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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Sequences and Series · Topic: Arithmetic Progression

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