JEE Main · 2025 · 29 Jan 2025 · Shift 1 · Sequences and Series

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Consider an A.P. of positive integers, whose sum of the first three terms is 54 and the sum of the first twenty terms lies between 1600 and 1800. Then its term is :
  1. (A)84
  2. (B)122
  3. (C)90✓ Correct
  4. (D)108

Answer: (C)

Solution

With first term and common difference ,

and


The condition gives


Since the terms are positive integers, must be a natural number, so , giving .

The 11th term is

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