Quiz Discussion

The first term of an Arithmetic Progression is 22 and the last term is -11. If the sum is 66, the number of terms in the sequence are:

• 1]

  9

• 2]

  10

• 3]

  11

• 4]

  12

If four numbers in A.P. are such that their sum is 50 and the greatest number is 4 times the least, then the numbers are

• 1] 5, 10, 15, 20
• 2] 4, 10, 16, 22
• 3] 3, 7, 11, 15
• 4] None of these

A bacteria gives birth to two new bacteria in each second and the life span of each bacteria is 5 seconds. The process of the reproduction is continuous until the death of the bacteria. initially there is one newly born bacteria at time t = 0, the find the total number of live bacteria just after 10 seconds :

• 1]

  \(\frac{{{3^{10}}}}{2}\)

• 2]

  310 - 210

• 3]

  243 × (35 -1)

• 4]

  310 - 25

• 5]

  None of these

Sum of n terms of the series \(\sqrt 2   +   \sqrt 8   +   \sqrt {18}   +   \sqrt {32}   +  \) ....... is

• 1]

  \(\frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{2}\)

• 2]

  \(2n\left( {n + 1} \right)\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{{\sqrt 2 }}\)

• 4]

  1

The 2^nd and 8^th term of an arithmetic progression are 17 and -1 respectively. What is the 14^th term?

• 1]

  -19

• 2]

  -22

• 3]

  -20

• 4]

  -25

If the sums of n terms of two arithmetic progressions are in the ratio \(\frac{{3n + 5}}{{5n + 7}}\)   then their nth terms are in the ration

• 1]

  \(\frac{{3n - 1}}{{5n - 1}}\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{{3n + 1}}{{5n + 1}}\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{{5n + 1}}{{3n + 1}}\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{{5n - 1}}{{3n - 1}}\)

The number of terms of the A.P. 3, 7, 11, 15, ....... to be taken so that the sum is 406 is

• 1]

  5

• 2]

  10

• 3]

  12

• 4]

  14

Find the nth term of the following sequence :

• 1]

  5(10n - 1)

• 2]

  5n(10n - 1)

• 3]

  \(\frac{5}{9} \times \left( {{{10}^n} - 1} \right)\)

• 4]

  \({\left( {\frac{5}{9}} \right)^n} \times \left( {{{10}^n} - 1} \right)\)

How many 2-digit positive integers are divisible by 4 or 9?

• 1]

  32

• 2]

  22

• 3]

  34

• 4]

  30

If the sum of n terms of an A.P. be 3n2 + n and its common difference is 6, then its first term is

• 1] 2
• 2] 3
• 3] 1
• 4] 4