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JEE Main 2021Sequences And Series Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Evening Shift

Question

Sn(x) = loga1/2x + loga1/3x + loga1/6x + loga1/11x + loga1/18x + loga1/27x + ...... up to n-terms, where a > 1. If S24(x) = 1093 and S12(2x) = 265, then value of a is equal to ____________.

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 16
Correct answer
16

Step-by-step explanation









Tn = 2 + (1 + 3 + 5 +......+ (n - 1))

= 2 +

= 2 +

= n2 - 2n + 3

General term











.....(i)







....(ii)

From (i) and (ii), we get





16 = 2

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