JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Sequence & Series Question Bank Mock Test - Sequences and Series

  • question_answer
    Consider the ten numbers \[ar,a{{r}^{2}},a{{r}^{3}},...a{{r}^{10}}\].If their sum is 18 and the sum the reciprocals is 6, then the product of these ten numbers is

    A) 81                    

    B) 243

    C) 343                 

    D) 324

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b] Given \[\frac{ar({{r}^{10}}-1)}{r-1}=18\]    ...(1) Also \[\frac{\frac{1}{ar}\left( 1-\frac{1}{{{r}^{10}}} \right)}{1-\frac{1}{r}}=6\] Or \[\frac{1}{a{{r}^{11}}}.\frac{({{r}^{10}}-1)r}{r-1}=6\] Or \[\frac{1}{{{a}^{2}}{{r}^{11}}}.\frac{ar({{r}^{10}}-1)}{r-1}=6\]             ...(2) From (1) and (2) \[\frac{1}{{{a}^{2}}{{r}^{11}}}.\times 18=6\] Or \[{{a}^{2}}{{r}^{11}}=3\] Now \[P={{a}^{10}}{{r}^{11}}={{({{a}^{2}}{{r}^{11}})}^{5}}={{3}^{5}}=243\]


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