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Let the harmonic mean and geometric mean of two positive number be in the ratio 4: 5. then the ratio of two number is λ(λ<1), find 11λ

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Important Questions on Sequences and Series

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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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If x=n=0an, y=n=0bn, z=n=0cn, where a,b,c are in A.P. and a<1,b<1,c<1, abc0, then
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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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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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If a>1,b>1 and c>1 are in geometric progression, then 11+logea,11+logeb,11+logec will be in
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The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77, 0.777, ......, 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 x,y,z be three non-negative integers such that x+y+z=10. The maximum possible value of xyz+xy+yz+zx is
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If a,b,c are in arithmetic progression, then abc,1c,2b will be in
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If x, y, z are in HP, then logx+z+logx-2y+z is equal to 
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Three positive numbers form an increasing G.P. If the middle term in this G.P. is doubled, the new numbers are in A.P. Then the common ratio of the G.P. is :
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If a1,a2,a3,.,an are in HP and fk= r=1nar-ak, then a1f1,a2f2,a3f3,,anfn are in 
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Suppose p, q, r are real numbers such that q=p4-p, r=q4-q, p=r4-r. The maximum possible value of p+q+r is
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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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The quotient when 1+x2+x4+...+x34 is divided by 1+x+x2+...+x17 is
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Let f:xy be such that f1=2 and fx+y=fxfy for all natural numbers x and y . If k=1 n f( a+k )=16( 2 n 1 ) then a is equal to
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The sum of the first 20 terms of the series 1+32+74+158+3116+ is
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If b+c-aa,c+a-bb,a+b-cc are in AP, then a,b,c are in
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If ax=by=cz, where x,y,z are unequal positive numbers and a,b,c are in GP, then
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If cos(x-y),cosx and cos(x+y) are in HP, then cosxsec(y/2) is equal to