JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held On 9 April 2017)

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    If \[\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{{{1}^{a}}+{{2}^{a}}+...{{n}^{a}}}{{{(n+1)}^{a-1}}[(na+1)\,+(na+2)+...+(na+n)]}=\frac{1}{60}\]for some positive real number a, then a is equal to                          [JEE Online 09-04-2017]

    A)  \[\frac{17}{2}\]                               

    B)  \[\frac{15}{2}\]

    C)  7                                            

    D)  8

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    \[\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\frac{\frac{1}{(a+1)}\,.{{n}^{a+1}}+{{a}_{1}}{{n}^{a}}+{{a}_{2}}{{n}^{a-1}}+.....}{{{(n+1)}^{a-1}}.{{n}^{2}}\left( a+\frac{1+\frac{1}{n}}{2} \right)}=\frac{1}{60}\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\,\frac{\frac{1}{a+1}\,+\frac{{{a}_{1}}}{n}+\frac{{{a}_{2}}}{{{n}^{2}}}+....}{{{\left( 1+\frac{1}{n} \right)}^{a}}\left( a+\frac{1+\frac{1}{n}}{2} \right)}=\frac{1}{60}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{\frac{1}{a+1}}{\left( a+\frac{1}{2} \right)}\,=\frac{1}{60}\Rightarrow \,(a+1)\,(2a+1)\,=120\]                 \[2{{a}^{2}}+3a-119=0\]                 \[2{{a}^{2}}+17a-14a-119=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[(a-7)\,(2a+17)=0\]                 \[a=7,\,\,-\,\frac{17}{2}\]


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