JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Sequence & Series Question Bank Self Evaluation Test - Sequences and Series

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    A series is such that its every even term is 'a' times the term before it and every odd term is c times the term before it. The sum of 2n term of the series is (the first term is unity)

    A) \[\frac{(1-{{c}^{n}})(1-{{a}^{n}})}{1-ac}\]

    B) \[\frac{(1+a)(1-{{c}^{n}}{{a}^{n}})}{1-ac}\]

    C) \[\frac{(1+{{c}^{n}})(1+{{a}^{n}})}{1-ac}\]

    D) \[\frac{(1+a)(1+{{c}^{n}}{{a}^{n}})}{1+ac}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b] Clearly the required series is \[1+a+ca+a(ca)+c(aca)+a(caca)+........\]....to 2n terms \[=1+a+ca+c{{a}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}a{{+}^{3}}\].....to 2n terms =(\[1+ca+{{c}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}+\]?.... to n terms) + \[(a+ca+{{c}^{2}}{{a}^{3}}+.......to\,\,n\,\,terms)\] \[=\frac{1\{1-{{(ca)}^{n}}\}}{1-ca}+\frac{a\{1-{{(ca)}^{n}}\}}{1-ca}\] \[=\frac{(1+a)(1-{{c}^{n}}{{a}^{n}})}{1-ca}\]


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