Sequences and Series 3 Question 10
10. Let be the roots of and be the roots of . If are in GP, then the integer values of and respectively are
(2001, 1M)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 10.
Solution:
Let
Since,
Therefore,
and
Then,
and
From Eqs. (i) and (ii),
Now,
On putting
Again putting
Since,
Therefore, we take