ASSIGNMENT

SEQUENCE AND SEREIS

LEVEL I
Arithmetic Progression
1. Find nth term of the following series:
2 6
(a) 2  4 + 4  6 + 6  8 + ... (b) 27 + 9 + 5 + 3 + ... (c) a1 = 3, a n = 3a n −1 + 2 for all n > 1
5 7
2. The number of positive terms in the sequence 101, 99, 97, 95, .. …
(a) 25 (b) 51 (c) 40 (d) 45

3. If the roots of the equation x 3 − 12x 2 + 39x − 28 = 0 are in A.P., then their common difference will
be
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

4. If the p th , q th and r th term of an arithmetic sequence are a , b and c respectively, then the value of
[a(q − r) + b(r − p) +c(p − q)] =
(a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 0 (d) ½
5. If the numbers a, b, c, d, e form an A.P., then the value of a − 4b + 6c − 4d + e is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) None of these
6. Let Tr be the r th term of an A.P. for r = 1, 2, 3,.... . If for some positive integers m, n we have

1 1
Tm = and Tn = , find Tmn .
n m
7. The sixth term of an A.P. is equal to 2. Find the value of the common difference of the A.P. which
makes the product a 4a 5a 7a 8 least.

8. If n be odd or even, then the sum of n terms of the series 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + 5 − 6 + ...... will be
9. If p, q, r are in A.P. and are positive, the roots of the quadratic equation px 2 + qx + r = 0 are all real
for
r p
(a) −7  4 3 (b) −7  4 3 (c) All p and r (d) No p and r
p r
1 1 1
10. If , , are in A.P., then
p+q r +p q +r
 (a) p, ,q, r are in A.P. (b) p2 , q 2 , r 2 are in A.P.
1 1 1
(c) , , are in A.P. (d) None of these
p q r

(a − c)2
11. If a, b, c are in A.P., find the value of =
(b 2 − ac)
12. If the sum of three numbers of a arithmetic sequence is 15 and the sum of their squares is 83, find the
numbers.
13. Four numbers are in arithmetic progression. The sum of first and last term is 8 and the product of
both middle terms is 15. Find the least number of the series.
14. Find the condition that the roots of the equation x3 – px2 + qx – r = 0 may be in A.P. and hence solve
the equation x3 – 12x2 + 39x – 28 = 0.
15. First term of the 11th group in the following groups (1), (2, 3, 4), (5, 6, 7, 8, 9),……….is
16. 7th term of an A.P. is 40, then the sum of first 13 terms is
(a) 53 (b) 520 (c) 1040 (d) 2080
17. The sum of first n terms of two arithmetic series are in the ratio 2n + 3: 6n + 5 , then the ratio of their
13th terms is
(a) 53 : 155 (b) 27 : 77 (c) 29 : 83 (d) 31 : 89
18. The sum of integers from 1 to 100 that are divisible by 2 or 5 is
(a) 3000 (b) 3050 (c) 4050 (d) none of these
19. If Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an arithmetic progression, then the value of ( S2n − Sn ) is equal

to
1 1
(a) 2Sn (b) S3n (c) S3n (d) Sn
3 2
20. If sum of m terms of an A.P. is 3m 2 + 5m and Tm = 164 then m =

(a) 26 (b) 27 (c) 28 (d) none of these

21. (i) The first , second & nth terms of an A.P. are respectively a, b, & c, then prove that the sum of ‘n’
1  c −a 
terms of the series is , (c + a)  + 1
2  b −a 
(ii) The first and last term of an A.P. are a & l respectively. If S be the sum of all the terms of the
l2 − a 2
A.P., show that the common difference is :
2S − (l + a)
22. If a1 , a 2 ,............,a n are in A.P. with common difference , d , then the sum of the following series is

sin d(coseca1.coseca 2 + coseca 2 .coseca 3 + ........... +cosec a n −1cosec a n )

(a) seca1 − seca n (b) cot a1 − cot a n

(c) tan a1 − tan a n (d) cosec a1 − cosec a n

23. Let the sequence a1 ,a 2 ,a 3 ,.............a 2n form an A.P. Then a12 − a 22 + a 33 − ......... + a 22n −1 − a 22n =

n 2n 2
(a) (a12 − a 2n
2
) (b) (a 2n − a 12 )
2n − 1 n −1
n
(c) (a 12 + a 2n
2
) (d) None of these
n +1
24. If the sum of first n terms of an A.P. be equal to the sum of its first m terms, (m  n) , then the sum
of its first (m + n) terms will be
(a) 0 (b) n (c) m (d) m + n
25. Given an A.P. whose terms are all positive integers. The sum of its first nine terms is greater than
200 and less than 220. If the second term in it is 12, find the 4th term.
26. The sum of the first 20 terms common between the series 3 + 7 + 11 + 15 + … and 1 + 6 + 11 + 16 +
… is
(a) 4000 (b) 4020 (c) 4200 (d) 4220
1 2
27. The maximum sum of the series 20 + 19 + 18 + ......... is
3 3
(a) 310 (b) 300 (c) 320 (d) None of these
a 2n +1 − a1 a 2n − a 2 a − an
28. If a1, a2, a3, …a2n + 1 are in AP then + +….+ n +2 is equal to –
a 2n +1 + a1 a 2n + a 2 a n +2 + a n
n(n + 1) a 2 − a1 n(n + 1) a 2 − a1
(a) . (b) . (c) (n + 1)(a2 – a1) (d) none of these
2 a n +1 2 an
29. Let {an} (n ≥ 1) be a sequence such that a1 = 1, and 3an+1 – 3an = 1 for all n ≥ 1. Then a2002 is equal
to-
(a) 666 (b) 667 (c) 668 (d) 669
30. If x, y, z are in AP, a is AM between x and y and b is AM between y and z; then AM between a and
b will be-
1
(a) (x + y + z) (b) z (c) x (d) y
3
Geometric Progression
31. The 4th term of a G.P. is square of its second term, and the first term is -3. Determine its 7th term.
32. If the ratio of the sum of first three terms and the sum of first six terms of a G.P. be 125 : 152, then
the common ratio r is
3 5 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 3 3 2
33. If nth term of a sequence 2,2 2,4... is 128 then find n.
34. How many terms of G.P. 3,32 ,33... are needed to give the sum 120?
 r
1
35. Find the sum of   
r =1  3 

3 −1
36. Find the seventh term of the G.P.: 3 + 1,1, ,...
2
37. The sum of the series 6 + 66 + 666 + … upto n terms is

(a)
(10 n −1
− 9n + 10 )
(b)
2 (10 n +1 − 9n − 10 )
81 27
2 (10 n − 9n − 10 )
(c) (d) none of these
27
38. If the sum of first n terms of a G.P is 255 and nth term is 128 and common ratio is 2, then first term
will be
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) none of these
39. The sum of a G.P. with common ratio 3 is 364, and last term is 243, then the number of terms is
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 10
40. Consider an infinite G.P. with first term a and the common ratio r, its sum is 4 and the second term
3
is , then find the value of ‘a’ and ‘r’
4
41. Three positive numbers are in G.P. such that their sum is 38 and their product is 1728. The greatest
number among them is
2 2 2 1
42. The least positive integer n such that 1 − − 2 − ... − n −1  is
3 3 3 100
p r q
th th th c  b a 
43. If a, b, c are p , q and r terms of a G.P., then       is equal to
b a  c
(a)1 (b) a P b q c r (c) a q b r c p (d) a r b pcq
44. If the roots of the cubic equation ax 3 + bx 2 + cx + d = 0 are in G.P., then
(a) c3a = b3d (b) ca 3 = bd 3 (c) a 3b = c3d (d) ab3 = cd 3
45. If the first term of a G.P. a1 , a 2 , a 3 ,.......... is unity such that 4a 2 + 5a 3 is least, then the common ratio

of G.P. is
2 3 2
(a) − (b) − (c) (d) None of these
5 5 5
46. The sum of n terms of the following series 1 + (1 + x) + (1 + x + x 2 ) + .......... will be

1 − xn x(1 − x n )
(a) (b)
1− x 1− x
n(1 − x) − x(1 − x n )
(c) (d) None of these
(1 − x)2

a n +1 + b n +1
47. If the geometric mean between a and b is , then the value of n is
a n + bn
(a) 1 (b) –1/2 (c) 1/2 (d) 2
45
48. If 3 + 3 + 32 + ... = , then the value of  will be
8
15 7 7 15
(a) (b) (c) (d)
23 15 8 7
49. If the sum of first 6 term is 9 times to the sum of first 3 terms of the same G.P., then the common
ratio of the series will be
1
(a) -2 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d)
2
1 1
50. If G be the geometric mean of x and y , then + 2 =
G − x G − y2
2 2

1 2
(a) G 2 (b) (c) (d) 3G 2
G2 G2
Arithmetic Geometric Progression
51. The sum of the series 1 + 3x + 6x 2 + 10x 3 + ... will be
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1 − x ) 1− x (1 + x ) (1 − x )
2 2 3
52. Find the sum of
2 3 4 2 3 4
(i) 1 + + + + ... upto n terms (ii) 1 + + + + ... upto infinite terms
5 52 53 5 52 53
4 9 16 25
53. Find the sum of 1 + + + + + ... + 
7 7 2 73 7 4
Harmonic Progression
1 1 5
54. If for H.P a 3 = ,a 5 = and a n = , then find n.
8 14 85
 1 1 1  1 1 1 
55. If a, b, c are in H.P., then the value of  + −  + −  , is
 b c a  c a b 
2 1 3 2 3 2
(a) + 2 (b) + (c) − (d) None of these
bc b c 2 ca 2
b ab
AP, GP, AGP and HP combined Problems
56. In a G.P. the sum of three numbers is 14, if 1 is added to first two numbers and subtracted from third
number, the series becomes A.P., then the greatest number is
(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) 16
3
57. Suppose a, b,c are in A.P. and a 2 ,b 2 ,c 2 are in G.P. If a < b < c and a + b + c = , then the value of a
2
is
1 1 1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) − (d) −
2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2
58. Roots of equation 10x3 – cx2 – 54x – 27 = 0 are in H.P then value of c – (a + b + g) is, {here a, b, g
are roots} –
(a) 75/13 (b) 6 (c) 81/12 (d) 81/10
59. If a, b, c are in A.P., then 2ax +1 ,2 bx +1 ,2cx +1 , x  0 are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. only when x > 0
(c) G.P. if x < 0 (d) G.P. for all x  0\
60. If a, b, c be in A.P. and b, c, d be in H.P., then
(a) ab = cd (b) ad = bc (c) ac = bd (d) abcd = 1
Mean Inequalities
61. If a,b,c,d are positive real numbers such that a + b + c + d = 2, then M = (a + b)(c + d) satisfies the
relation
 (a) 0  M  1 (b) 1  M  2 (c) 2  M  3 (d) 3  M  4
62. If Arithmetic mean and Geometric mean of two positive real numbers are 20 and 16 respectively.
Then find the two numbers.
63. If a and b are two positive numbers whose arithmetic mean exceeds geometric mean by 2 and their
difference is 12 then find the numbers
64. Prove that ( b + c )( c + a )( a + b )  8abc

 x y z  a b c 
65. Show that  + +  + +   9
 a b c  x y z 
66. Show that (1 − x )(1 − y )(1 − z )  8xyz , if x + y + z = 1

67. If a, b, c are in G.P. and x,y are the arithmetic means between a, b and b, c respectively, then
a c
+ is equal to
x y
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d)
2
68. If x, 1, z are in A.P. and x, 2, z are in G.P., then x, 4, z will be in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these
69. If a, b, c are in A.P., b, c, d are in G.P. and c, d, e are in H.P., then a, c, e are in
(a) No particular order (b) A.P.
(c) G.P. (d) H.P.
70. In the four numbers first three are in G.P. and last three are in A.P. whose common difference is 6. If
the first and last numbers are same, then first will be
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
1 1 1 5
71. x + y + z = 15 if 9, x, y, z, a are in A.P.; while + + = if 9, x, y, z, a are in H.P., then the
x y z 3
value of a will
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 9
72. If a, b, c, d be in H.P., then

(a) a 2 + c 2  b 2 + d 2 (b) a 2 + d 2  b 2 + c 2 (c) ac + bd  b 2 + c 2 (d) ac + bd  b 2 + d 2

73. The harmonic mean of two numbers is 4 and the arithmetic and geometric means satisfy the relation
2A + G 2 = 27 , the numbers are
(a) 6,3 (b) 5, 4 (c) 5, − 2.5 (d) −3, 1
74. Let x, y, z be positive real numbers such that x + y + z = 12 and x3y4z5 = (0.1) (600)3. Then x3 + y3 +
z3 is equal to:
(a) 270 (b) 258 (c) 342 (d) 216
Sigma, Vn Method and Special Series
n
n ( n + 1) n
75. If i = , then  ( 3i − 2 ) =
i =1 2 i =1

n ( 3n − 1) n ( 3n + 1) n ( 3n + 1)
(a) (b) (c) n ( 3n + 2 ) (d)
2 2 4

Find the sum to n terms of the series whose nth term is given by ( 2n − 1)
2
76.

77. Find the sum to n terms of the series whose nth terms is given by n 2 + 2n
78. 52 + 62 + 72 + ... + 202 is equal to
79. The sum of the series 1.2.3 + 2.3.4 + 3.4.5 + ... to n terms is
(a) n ( n + 1)( n + 2 ) (b) ( n + 1)( n + 2 )( n + 3)

1 1
(c) n ( n + 1)( n + 2 )( n + 3) (d) ( n + 1)( n + 2 )( n + 3)
4 4
3 5 7
80. Sum of the n terms of the series + 2 + 2 + ... is
1 1 + 2 1 + 22 + 32
2 2

2n 4n 6n 9n
(a) (b) (c) (d)
n +1 n +1 n +1 n +1
81. The sum to n terms of the infinite series 1.32 + 2.52 + 3.72 + ... is

( n + 1) ( 6n 2 + 14n + 7 )
n n
(a) (b) ( n + 1)( 2n + 1)( 3n + 1)
6 6
(c) 4n 3 + 4n 2 + n (d) none of these
1 1 1
82. Find the sum to n terms of the series: + + + ...
1 2 2  3 3  4
1 1 1
83. Find the sum of n terms of + + + ...
1.2.3 2.3.4 3.4.5
84. Find the sum of n terms of 1.3.5 + 3.5.7 + 5.7.9 + 7.9.11 + ...
1 1 1
85. The sum of the series + + + ... is
3  7 7 11 11  25
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 6 9 12
 1 1 1 1
86. + + + ... + =
2  4 4 6 6 8 ( 2n )( 2n + 2 )
n n n n
(a) (b) (c) (d)
n +1 n+2 2 ( n + 1) 4 ( n + 1)

( )
n n
1
87. If Sn =  t r = n 2n 2 + 9n + 13 then find  t r when n = 100
r =1 6 r =1

88. Sum of n terms of series 12 + 16 + 24 + 40 + ... will be

( )
(a) 2 2 − 1 + 8n
n
(
(b) 2 2 − 1 + 6n
n
)
( )
(c) 3 2 − 1 + 8n
n
(
(d) 4 2 − 1 + 8n
n
)
LEVEL II
1. If the first and (2n − 1)th terms of an A.P., G.P. and H.P. are equal and their n th terms are
respectively a, b and c , then
(a) a  b  c (b) a + c = b
(c) ac − b 2 = 0 (d) (a) and (c) both
2. If the A.M. of two distinct positive numbers is greater than G.M. of the numbers by 2 and the ratio of
the numbers is 4 : 1, then the numbers are
(a) 4,1 (b) 12, 3
(c) 16, 4 (d) None of these
3. 2sin  + 2cos  is greater than
1  1 
1 1− 
(a) (b) 2 (c) 2 2
(d) 2 2

2
4. Which of the following is true for series 1.32 + 2.52 + 3.72 + ...
(a) nth term of the series is Tn = 4n 3 + 4n 2 + n

(b) nth term of the series is Tn = n ( 2n − 1)

2

( n + 1) ( 6n 2 + 14n + 7 )
n
(c) Sum of nth term of the series is Sn =
6
(d) none
5. For any three positive real numbers a, b and c, 9(25a2 + b2) + 25 (c2 – 3ac) = 15b (3a + c). Then:
(a) b, c and a are in G.P (b) b, c and a are in A. P
(c) a, b and c are in A.P (d) a, b and c are in G.P
6. If a,b,c,d and p are distinct real number such that (a2 + b2 + c2)p2 – 2(ab + dc + dc) p + (b2 + c2 + d2)
≤ 0, then a,b,c,d
(a) are in A.P. (b) are in G.P. (c) are in H.P. (d) satisfy ab = cd
7. If S1,S2,S3,…..Sn are the sum of infinite geometric series, whose first terms are are 1,2,3,…,n and
1 1 1 1
whose common ratios are , , ,.... respectively, then find the values of S12 + S22 + S32 + .....S2n
2
+1
2 3 4 n +1
8. If S1 , S2 , S3 ,...........Sm are the sums of n terms of m A.P.'s whose first terms are 1, 2, 3, ...............,m

and common differences are 1, 3, 5, ...........2m − 1 respectively, then S1 + S2 + S3 + .......Sm =

1
(a) mn(mn + 1) (b) mn(m + 1)
2
1
(c) mn(mn − 1) (d) None of the above
4
9. ,  are the roots of the equation x 2 − 3x + a = 0 and  ,  are the roots of the equation

x 2 − 12x + b = 0 . If , ,  ,  form an increasing G.P., then (a, b) =

(a) (3, 12) (b) (12, 3) (c) (2, 32) (d) (4, 16)
10. Given a1, a2, a3, …….., an in A.P. Prove that
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
+ + + ......... + =  + + + ......... + 
a1a n a 2a n −1 a 3a n −2 a n a1 a n + a1  a1 a 2 a 3 an 

11. In a G.P. if S1 , S2 & S3 denote respectively the sums of the first n terms, first 2 n terms and first 3 n
terms, then prove that S12 + S22 = S1 ( S2 + S3 )

12. Find the nth term of series 1 + 2 + 5 + 12 + 25 + 46 +……

1 1 1
13. Let Sn = 1 + + + ... + show that
2 3 n
1 2 n −1 
(a) Sn = n −  + + ... + ;
n 3 n 

 n −1 n − 2 2 1 
(b) nSn = n +  + + .. + + 
 1 2 n − 2 n −1 

a 3 + b3  a + b 
3

14. Prove that   ( a  0,b  0 )

2  2 
a b c
1
15. Let a,b and c be positive integers. Prove that a a +b+c ,b a +b +c ,c a +b +c  (a + b + c )
3
 1 ab + bc + ca
16. If a,b,c are the sides of a triagnle, Show that  1
2 a 2 + b2 + c2

14 24 34 n4 n ( 4n 2 + 6n + 5 ) n
17. Show that + + + ..... + = +
1.3 3.5 5.7 ( 2n − 1)( 2n + 1) 48 16 ( 2n + 1)

18. A sequence of real numbers a1, a2, a3 ,…. an is such that a1 = 0, |a2| = |a1 + 1| , |a3| = |a2 + 1|,……,|an| =
1 n  1
|an-1 + 1|. Prove that   a i   − .
n  i =1  2
19. If a, b, c are positive real numbers, then prove that {(1 +a)(l + b)(l + c)}7 > 77 a4b4c4.
20. The fourth power of the common difference of an arithmetic progression with integer entries is added
to the product of any four consecutive terms of it. Prove that resulting sum is the square of an integer.
21. Prove that a ABC is equilateral if and only if tanA + tanB + tanC = 3 3
2 2
 1  1  25
22. If p and q are positive real numbers such that p + q = 1. Prove that  p +  +  q +   .
 p  q 2
1 1 1
23. Establish the inequality 1 + + + .... +  2 n + 1 − 2.
2 3 n
24. If a, b, c d be four distinct positive quantities in A.P. then show that
(a) bc > ad
(b) c-1d-1 + a-1b-1 > 2(b-1d-1 + a-1c-1 – a-1d-1)
(ii) If a, b, c, d be four distinct positive quantities in G.P, then show that
(a) a + d > b + c
(b) c–1 d–1 + a–1b–1 > 2(b–1 d–1 + a–1c–1 – a–1d–1)
(iii) If a, b, c, d be four distinct positive quantities in H.P., then show that
(a) a + d > b + c (b) ad > bc
25. If a, b , c are in H.P and they are distinct and positive then prove that an +cn > 2bn
26. If n is positive integer, show that 22n+1> 1 + (2n+1)2n
27. If , ,  are real numbers and  +  > ,  +  > ,  +  > , show that ( +  - ) ( +  - ) ( +
 - )  .
28. If a, b, c are any three real numbers, show that a4 +b4 +c2  2 2abc
LEVEL III
1. The sum of the squares of three distinct real numbers, which arc in G.P., is S2. If their sum is S, show

1 
that 2   ,1   (1,3) .
3 
2. How many increasing 3-term geometric progressions can be obtained from the sequence
1, 2, 22, 23......2n ? (e.g., {22, 25 ,28} is a 3-term geometric progression for n  8.)
3. The first two terms of an arithmetic and a geometric progression with positive terms are equal. Prove
that all other terms of the arithmetic progression are not greater than the corresponding terms of the
geometric progressive.
4. Two geometric series have the same first term 1. The common difference of the first series is greater
than that of the second series and both are positive. If Sn and sn denote sum of n terms of the two series
Sn s
respectively then prove that  n
Sn +1 s n +1
5. Construct a geometric progression l, q, q2.......qn......with |q| < 1 whose even term differs
from the sum of all subsequent terms by a given constant factor k. For what values of k is the problem
solvable?
n
n ( n + 1)
 ( 2k + 1) f ( k ) = ( n + 1)
1 1 1
. f (n ) −
2
6. If f(t) = 1 + + + .... + , prove that .
2 3 t n =1 2
7. Let a1, a2, ……,an be positive in A.P.. If A and G are the AM and GM of a1 and an respectively. Prove
that Gn < a1a2……an<An.
1 1
8. If a, b be positive numbers and p, q be rational numbers(p>1) such that + = 1 then show that
p q

a p bq
ab +
p q
b+c c+a a +b 1 1 1
9. If a, b, c be any three positive real numbers, prove that + 2 + 2  + +
b +c c +a
2 2 2
a +b 2
a b c
1 1 1 a 8 + b8 + c8
10. If a, b, c are real and positive prove that the inequality. + +  .
a b c a 3b3c 3
1 1 1 n −1
11. Prove that for any natural n we have 2
+ 2 + .... + 2  .
2 3 n n
12. If a1, a2,….. an are n distinct odd natural numbers not divisible by any prime greater than 5, then prove
1 1 1
that + + ... +  2 .
a1 a 2 an
 a+b c+b
13. If a, b, c are unequal positive numbers in HP then prove that + 4
2a − b 2c − b
14. Suppose that a1, a2…………, an, …….is an A.P. let Sk = a(k-1)n+1 +a(k-1)(n+2) +….. +akn
Prove that S1, S2,….. are in A.P. having common difference equal to n2 times the common difference
of the A.P. a1, a2……
15. Show that
b+c c+a a +b
(i) + + 6
a b c
8
(ii) 8xyz < (1-x) (1-y)(1-z) < When x +y+z = 1
27
(iii) 8(abcd +1) > (a+1) (b+1) (c+1) (d+1), when each of a, b, c, d is greater than 1
s2
16. (i) if A be the area and 2s the sum of three sides of a triangle, show that A 
3 3
(ii) if a, b, c denote the sides of a triangle, shows that a2(p - q) (p-r) + b2(q - r)(q - p) + c2(r - p)(r - q)
 0, where p, q, r are real numbers in descending order.

 n +1 
2n

  (n!)
n 3
17. Show that n 
 2 
18. If s be the sum of n positive unequal quantities a, b, c then prove the inequality.
s s s n2
+ + + .....  (n  2)
s−a s−b s−c n −1
19. Show that
14 24 34 44
+ + ... +
1.3 3.5 5.7 (2n − 1)(2n + 1)
n(4n 2 + 6n + 5) n
= +
48 16(2n + 1)
20. Sum of the series
n n −1 n − 2 1 n2 + 3
+ + + ... + is
1.2.3 2.3.4 3.4.5 n(n + 1)(n + 2) 12(n + 1)
21. Find the sum of n terms of the series
5 1 7 1 9 1 11 1
. + . 2+ . + . + .....
1.2 3 2.3 3 3.4 33 4.5 34
22. Find the sum of n terms of the series 2.2 + 6.4 + 12.8 + 20.16 + 30.32 + …
23. Find the sum of n terms of the series
 1 3 5 7
+ + + + ...
3 3.7 3.7.11 3.7.11.15
24. Sum of n terms
1 2 3 4 
1.3 + 1.3.5 + 1.3.5.7 + 1.3.5.7.9 + ....
2 3
3 1 4 1 5 1
25. Find the sum of . + .  +   + .........to n terms.
1.2 2 2.3  2  3.4  2 
26. Evaluate sum of n terms of the sense
8 16 24
+ + + ...
5 65 325
27. Show that
1 ! 3 ! 5! …(2n - 1)! > (n!)n.