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

The numbers $-16,2^{x+3}-2^{2 x-1}-16,2^{2 x-1}+16$ are in an arithmetic progression. Then $x$ equals ________.

It is given that the sequence {$x_n$} satisfies $x_1 = 0, x_{n+1} = x_n + 1 + 2√(1+x_n)$ for $n = 1,2,...$ Then $x_{31}$ is _______