JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Solved Paper-2015

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    Let \[\alpha \] and \[\beta \] be the roots of equation \[{{x}^{2}}-6x-2=0.\] If \[{{a}_{n}}={{\alpha }^{n}}-{{\beta }^{n}},\] for \[n\ge 1,\] then the value \[\frac{{{a}_{10}}-2{{a}_{8}}}{2{{a}_{9}}}\]is equal to : [JEE Main Solved Paper-2015 ]

    A) 3             

    B) -3

    C) 6                                             

    D) -6

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    \[{{x}^{2}}-6x-2=0\] has roots \[\alpha ,\beta \]         ?..(1) \[{{a}_{n}}={{\alpha }^{n}}-{{\beta }^{n}}\forall x\ge 1\] RAO IIT ACADEMY / JEE - Now \[\frac{{{a}_{10}}-2.{{a}_{8}}}{2.{{a}_{9}}}\] \[=\frac{\left( {{\alpha }^{10}}-{{\beta }^{10}} \right)-2\left( {{\alpha }^{8}}-{{\beta }^{8}} \right)}{2.\left( {{\alpha }^{9}}-{{\beta }^{9}} \right)}\] Using ?2 as \[\alpha .\beta \] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{\left( {{\alpha }^{10}}-{{\beta }^{10}} \right)+\alpha .\beta \left( {{\alpha }^{8}}-{{\beta }^{8}} \right)}{2.\left( {{\alpha }^{9}}-{{\beta }^{9}} \right)}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{{{\alpha }^{9}}\left( \alpha +\beta  \right)-{{\beta }^{9}}\left( \beta +\alpha  \right)}{2.\left( {{\alpha }^{9}}-{{\beta }^{9}} \right)}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{\left( {{\alpha }^{9}}-{{\beta }^{9}} \right).\left( \alpha +\beta  \right)}{2.\left( {{\alpha }^{9}}-{{\beta }^{9}} \right)}=\frac{\alpha +\beta }{2}\Rightarrow \frac{6}{2}=3\]


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