IIM-K (BMSAT) 2025 (QA) PYQs

The value of $(\frac{1}{\sqrt{9}-\sqrt{8}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{8}-\sqrt{7}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{7}-\sqrt{6}} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{6}-\sqrt{5}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}-\sqrt{4}})$ is

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) :

The sum of $n$ terms of the Progression

$1+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2^{2}}+\frac{1}{2^{3}}+$ is $\frac{2^{n-1}-1}{2^{n-1}}$.

Reason (R) :

Sum of a geometric series having $n$ terms is given by $S_{n}=\frac{a\left(1-r^{n}\right)}{1-r}$, where $a$ is the $1^{\text {st }}$ term and $r$ is the common ratio.

If (\log 2, \log (2x - 1), \log (2x + 3)) are in A.P, then (x) is equal to ____