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If each term of a geometric progression a1,a2,a3, with a1=18 and a2a1, is the arithmetic mean of the next two terms and Sn=a1+a2++an, then S20-S18 is equal to

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Let a, b and c be the 7th, 11th and 13th terms respectively of a non-constant A.P. If these are also the three consecutive terms of a G.P., then ac is equal to:
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Let bi>1 for i=1, 2,.,101. Suppose logeb1,logeb2,..,logeb101 are in Arithmetic Progression (A.P.) with the common difference loge2.  Suppose a1, a2,.,a101 are in A.P. such that a1=b1 and a51=b51. If t=b1+b2++b51 and s=a1+a2++a51, then
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Let a1,a2,..a10 be a G.P. If a3a1=25, then a9a5  equals:
 
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The sum of the 3rd and the 4th terms of a G.P. is 60 and the product of its first three terms is 1000. If the first term of this G.P. is positive, then its 7th term is:
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The first and last term of a Geometric Progression (GP) are 3 and 96, respectively. If the common ratio is 2, then find sum of n terms.
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The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77, 0.777, ......, is :
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The product of three consecutive terms of a G.P. is 512. If 4 is added to each of the first and the second of these terms, the three terms now form an A.P., then the sum of the original three terms of the given G.P. is :
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If three distinct numbers a, b, c are in G.P. and the equations ax2+2bx+c=0 and dx2+2ex+f=0 have a common root, then which one of the following statements is correct?
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The value of sum n=113in+in+1, where i=1, equals

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If 1.0550=11.658, then n=1491.05n equals
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Let S1 be the sum of areas of the squares whose sides are parallel to coordinate axes. Let S2 be the sum of areas of the slanted squares as shown in the figure. Then S1/S2 is

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If 0<x<1 and y=12x2+23x3+34x4+, then the value of e1+y at x=12 is:
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Let C0 be a circle of radius 1. For n1, let Cn be a circle whose area equals the area of a square inscribed in Cn-1. Then u=0areaCi equals,
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The number of real solutions of the equation sin-1i=1xi+1-xi=1x2i=π2-cos-1i=1 -x2i-i=1-xi lying in the interval -12,12 is____.

(Here, the inverse trigonometric functions sin-1x & cos-1x assume values in -π2,π2 & 0,π

respectively.)
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If the 2nd, 5th and 9th terms of a non-constant arithmetic progression are in geometric progression, then the common ratio of this geometric progression is
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If α,β and γ are three consecutive terms of a non-constant G.P. Such that the equations αx2+2βx+γ=0 and x2+x-1=0 have a common root, then αβ+γ is equal to:
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Let a, b and c be in G.P. with common ratio r, where a0 and 0<r12. If 3a, 7b and 15c are the first three terms of an A.P., then the 4th term of this A.P. is :
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If m is the A.M. of two distinct real numbers I and n I, n>1  and G1, G2 and G3 are three geometric means between I and n, then G14+2G24+G34 equals

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Let x1,x2,,x6, be the roots of the polynomial equation x6+2x5+4x4+8x3+16x2+32x+64=0. Then
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The quotient when 1+x2+x4+...+x34 is divided by 1+x+x2+...+x17 is