IPMAT Indore Algebra > Progression & Series PYQs

Gita starts from point A and walks 1000 m east. She then walks 800 m north, followed by 640 m west and 512 m south, reaching point B. After this, she continues moving in the same cyclic order: east, north, west, south, with each successive movement 20% shorter than the previous one. After infinitely many such moves, approximately how far in meters will Gita be from her starting point A?

Let $S$ denote an arithmetic progression whose first term is either 132 or 158, and the common difference is an even integer less than 10. If the $n^{\text{th}}$ term of $S$ is 174, then the number of possible distinct values of $n$ is ___

A certain number of people contributed to a charity. The first person contributed one rupee. The rule for contribution was that the next person would contribute double the amount already raised. If the total money raised for the charity was 2187 rupees, then the number of people who contributed to the charity is

Given that $1 + \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} + \frac{1}{4^2} + ... = \frac{\pi^2}{6}$, the value of $1 + \frac{1}{3^2} + \frac{1}{5^2} + \frac{1}{7^2} + ...$ is

If the sum of the first $21$ terms of the sequence: $\ln \frac{a}{b}, \ln \frac{a}{b \sqrt{b}}, \ln \frac{a}{b^{2}}, \ln \frac{a}{b^{2} \sqrt{b}}, \ldots$ is $\ln \frac{a^{m}}{b^{n}}$, then the value of $m+n$ is $\qquad$

The sum of the first 5 terms of a geometric progression is the same as the sum of the first 7 terms of the same progression. If the sum of the first 9 terms is 24, then the 4th term of the progression is

Let $S_1 = \{100, 105, 110, 115, ... \}$ and $S_2 = \{100, 95, 90, 85, ... \}$ be two series in arithmetic progression. If $a_k$ and $b_k$ are the $k$-th terms of $S_1$ and $S_2$, respectively, then $\sum_{k=1}^{20} a_k b_k$ equals __________.

The terms of a geometric progression are real and positive. If the $p$-th term of the progression is $q$ and the $q$-th term is $p$, then the logarithm of the first term is

The sum of a given infinite geometric progression is 80 and the sum of its first two terms is 35. Then the value of $n$ for which the sum of its first $n$ terms is closest to 100, is

Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}$ be three distinct real numbers in geometric progression. If the equations $a_{1} x ^ 2 + 2a_{2}x + a_{3} = 0$ and $b_{1} x ^ 2 + 2b_{2}x + b_{3} = 0$ have a common root, then which of the following is necessarily true?

If $f(n)= 1 + 2 + 3 +\cdots+(n+1) $ and $g(n)= \sum_{k=1}^{k=n} \dfrac{1}{f(k)}$, then the least value of $n$ for which $g(n)$ exceeds the value $\dfrac{99}{100}$ is:

A person standing at the centre of an open ground first walks 32 meters towards the east, takes a right turn and walks 16 meters, takes another right turn and walks 8 meters, and so on. How far will the person be from the original starting point after an infinite number of such walks in this pattern?

A new sequence is obtained from the sequence of positive integers $(1,2,3, \ldots)$ by deleting all the perfect squares. Then the $2022^{\text {nd }}$ term of the new sequence is ________.

The sum of the first 15 terms in an arithmetic progression is 200, while the sum of the next 15 terms is 350. Then the common difference is

The $3^{\text {rd }}, 14^{\text {th }}$ and $69^{\text {th }}$ terms of an arithmetic progression form three distinct and consecutive terms of a geometric progression. If the next term of the geometric progression is the $n^{\text {th }}$ term of the arithmetic progression, then $n$ equals ________.

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

The sum up to $10$ terms of the series $1 \cdot 3 + 5 \cdot 7 + 9 \cdot 11 + ...$ is

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 _______

Let $S_n$ be sum of the first $n$ terms of an A.P. If $S_5 = S_9$, what is the ratio of $a_3 : a_5$

If $\frac{1}{1^2} + \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} + \ldots$ up to $\infty = \frac{\pi^2}{6}$, then the value of $\frac{1}{1^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} + \frac{1}{5^2} + \ldots$ up to $\infty$ is

Assume that all positive integers are written down consecutively from left to right as in 1234567891011...... The 6389th digit in this sequence is

Let $\alpha, \beta$ be the roots of $x^2 - x + p = 0$ and $\gamma, \delta$ be the roots of $x^2 - 4x + q = 0$ where p and q are integers. If $\alpha, \beta, \gamma, \delta$ are in geometric progression then $p + q$ is

If $(1 + x - 2x^2)^6 = A_0 + \sum_{r=1}^{12} A_r x^r$, then the value of $A_2 + A_4 + A_6 + \cdots + A_{12}$ is

The number of terms common to both the arithmetic progressions $2, 5, 8, 11, ..., 179$ and $3, 5, 7, 9, ..., 101$ is

There are numbers $a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots, a_n$ each of them being $+1$ or $-1$. If it is known that $a_1 a_2 + a_2 a_3 + a_3 a_4 + \ldots a_{n-1} a_n + a_n a_1 = 0$ then