JEE Advanced · 2012 · 08 Apr 2012 · Paper 2 · Sequences and Series

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Let be in harmonic progression with and . The least positive integer for which is
  1. (A)22
  2. (B)23
  3. (C)24
  4. (D)25✓ Correct

Answer: (D)

Solution

If are in H.P., then are in A.P.

We have and .

The common difference is: .

For , we need :









Therefore, the least positive integer is .

JEE Advanced · 2012 · 08 Apr 2012 · Paper 2 · Single correct option

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