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The largest term common to the sequences 1, 11, 21, 31, ............. to 100 terms and 31, 36, 41, 46 ......... to 100 terms is

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a

381

b

471

c

281

d

521

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

The given sequence is 1,11,21,31,...

The first term of the sequence is a1=1 and the common difference is d=10

The other sequence is 31,36,41,46,...

The first term of the sequence is A1=31 and the common difference is D=5

1+n-110=31+m-151+10n-10=31+5m-510n-5m=352n-m=7

find the value of either n or m such that 2n-m=7 and n,m100

here m must be odd number

suppose that m=99

        2n=7+99 =106n=53

Hence hte largest common term is 53rd term of the first sequence and 99th term of the second sequence

hence, t53=1+5210=521

Therefore, the common term in both sequences is 521

 

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