if p=3579…99/2468…100 then p lies between 1) 1/2 and 1/3 2)1/3 and 1/5 3)1/5 and 1/10 4)1/10 and 1/15 I can do this question by eliminating options but how to do this fundamentally…
if p=3*5*7*9*............99/2*4*6*8*.....................100
then p lies between
1) 1/2 and 1/3
2)1/3 and 1/5
3)1/5 and 1/10
4)1/10 and 1/15
I can do this question by eliminating options but how to do this fundamentally.....
if p=3*5*7*9*............99/2*4*6*8*.....................100
then p lies between
1) 1/2 and 1/3
2)1/3 and 1/5
3)1/5 and 1/10
4)1/10 and 1/15
I can do this question by eliminating options but how to do this fundamentally.....
Hi Whocarez....i did give it a try but not sure if gives an exact enuff result
okay, here goes
eqn can be written as
3.4.5............................99
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2.1 . 2.2 . 2.3 . 2.4 ..... 2.50
3.5.7...............99
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2^50 (1.2.3....50)
51.53.57.........99
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2^50(2.4.6.....50)
(1 \2^25).(51\52)......( 99\100)
normalize the equation to contain only the first and the last term, i.e. the lower and upper limits respectively...
i.e eqn will look something like
(1 \2^25).(51\52)...25 times.....( 51\52)
and
(1 \2^25).(99\100)...25 times.....( 99\100)
now, the above eqn have have values ranging from (51/104)^25 to (49.5/100)^25 which i think can be safely approximated to lie between 1/3 to 1/2
what say...??
Vinayak
seems logical but wrong answer :D
just rewrite the series as 1/2*3/4*5/6*.......99/100. now if u multiply the first three terms u get 5/16 which is less than 1/3 followed by 47 fractions each of which is less than 1. So p is less than 1/3 😃 :)
some1 plz give the soln.
i can give one part of the answer.. the other part i still hafta find out.
consider p'=100*p= (3/2)*(5/4)*....(99/9
and q=(2/1)*(4/3)*(6/5)*....(98/97)
we can see tht each term of q>p' and so q>p'
now, q*p'=99
which implies p'^2 ->p=p'/100
right?
tht gives choice 4.....
why greater thn 1/15?
...lemme think 
yuhooo.... here goes the second part.
p=1/2*( 3/4)*(5/6).... (99/100)
let p'=2p=(3/4)(5/6)....(99/100)
q=(2/3)(4/5)(....(98/99)
->p'*q=1/50
and p'>q
->p'^2>1/50
->p^2>1/200>1/225
->p>1/15 😃
hi
very gud solution, josh i must say......donno if it is worth spending that much time in a CAT exam though...
actually if u multiply the numerator by 2*4*6*...100. u can write it as 100!/(2^50 *50!^2), and there was some easy formula or inequality for n!/(n/2)!^2....forgot that one.. wud be easier if u cud find that formula... will post it i can find it....
regards,
rakesh
That was brilliant josh!!!! :):)
hey rakesh please find the formula let us know 😃
HIII
this is vidhan also a call from pgdcm& pgdm iim cal how r u preparing help me out
HI Guys ,
I am a newbie here. anyway solution to the question below :
1.if p=3*5*7*9*............99/2*4*6*8*.....................100
then p lies between
1) 1/2 and 1/3
2)1/3 and 1/5
3)1/5 and 1/10
4)1/10 and 1/15
Solution: This is a general solution.Not a short cut /or otherwise.
IT can be used to solve other factorial realted problems.
p = 3*5*7*9....99 / 2*4*6...100
= 100! / (2^50 *2^50*50!*50!)
=100! /(2^100*50!*50!)
Now comes the important formula called Stirling's formula:
n!~ (n/e)^n * sqrt(2*pi*n) (read ~ as approximately)
So usign this formula suubstitute all the values
u shud get something like this
p= 1/(sqrt(50*pi)) = 0.079
so the choice is D.
Note: There is a accurate version of this formula also but i guess this is more than enough.
comments are welcome!
regards,
arun.