Basics of Sequence and Series

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Basics of Sequence and Series: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Sequences and Series, Sequences, Types of Progressions & Sum of n Terms of a Progression etc.

Important Questions on Basics of Sequence and Series

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Let α denote the greatest integer α. Then 1+2+3+.............+120 is equal to

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The sum to 20 terms of the series 2·22-32+2·42-52+2·62-............ is equal to__________.

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Let s1,s2,s3....,s10 respectively be the sum of 12 terms of 10 A.Ps whose first terms are 1, 2, 3,....,10 and the common differences are 1, 3, 5,...,19 respectively. Then i=110si is equal to

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Let <an> be a sequence such that a1+a2+...+an=n2+3nn+1n+2. If 28k=1101ak=p1 p2 p3 ... pm, where p1, p2, ... pm are the first m prime numbers, then m is equal to

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Let SK=1+2+...+KK and j=1nS2j=nABn2+Cn+D where A, B, C, D  N and A Has least value then

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The sum of the first 20 terms of the series 5+11+19+29+41+... is

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Evaluate:

S=n=02na2n+1 (where a>1)

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If tn denotes the nth  term of the sequence 1,2,2,4,4,4,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,, then t255t257 is equal to

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The series 1+13+15+17+. is 

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If the nth term of the sequence 2, 5, 10, 17,  is of the form an2+b, then find the value of a+b.

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Write the multiple of 6 out of first 5 terms of the following sequence whose nth term is given by:

an=nn+2

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Write the multiple of 5 out of first 5 terms of the following sequence whose nth term is given by:

an=n(n-1)

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Write the sum of first five terms of the following sequence:
a1=1, an=an-1+2, n>1.

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Find the sum of first four terms of the sequence defined by a1=3 and, an=3an-1+2, for all n>1.

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A sequence is given by an=-10n+3.

 Find the the smallest value of k for which ak<-1000.

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Consider the sequence un=3+4×(n-1). Find u6

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In a triangle ABC if sinA-sinCcosC-cosA=cotB, then A, B, C are in

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The first three terms in the sequence an=2n-7, nN are 

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The first three terms in the sequence an=2n+7, nN are 

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If Sn=nP+nn-12Q, where Sn denotes the sum of the first n terms of an A.P., then the common difference is