Mathematics · Sequence and Series

JEE Main 2024 — 27 January, Shift 1 — Question 6

The number of common terms in the progressions 4,9,14,19,……4,9,14,19, \ldots \ldots, up to 25th 25^{\text {th }} term and 3,6,9,123,6,9,12, ......., up to 37th 37^{\text {th }} term is :

  1. Option A:

    9

  2. Option B:

    5

  3. Option C:

    7

    Correct
  4. Option D:

    8

Answer: C

Step-by-step solution

4,9,14,19,…4,9,14,19, \ldots, up to 25th 25^{\text {th }} term

T25=4+(25−1)5=4+120=124\mathrm{T}_{25}=4+(25-1) 5=4+120=124

3,6,9,12,…3,6,9,12, \ldots, up to 37th 37^{\text {th }} term

T37=3+(37−1)3=3+108=111\mathrm{T}_{37}=3+(37-1) 3=3+108=111

Common difference of Ist I^{\text {st }} series d1=5\mathrm{d}_{1}=5

Common difference of IInd \mathrm{II}^{\text {nd }} series d2=3\mathrm{d}_{2}=3

First common term =9=9, and their common difference =15(LCM=15\left(\mathrm{LCM}\right. of d1\mathrm{d}_{1} and d2)\left.\mathrm{d}_{2}\right)

then common terms are 9,24,39,54,69,84,999,24,39,54,69,84,99

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Exam
JEE Main 2024
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Sequence and Series
Topic
Arithmetic Progression
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