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OA

@ScareCrow28 said:

Sum till 2001 terms = 2a2 = 986 ?
@albiesriram said:
a3=a2-a1
a4=a3-a2=-a1
a5=a4-a3=-a2
a6=a5-a4=a1-a2
a7=a1
a8=a2
a9=a2-a1

hence it is repeated after every 6 terms
a3+a4+...+a8=0
S1492=
1490 mod 6=2
a1+a2+a3+a4=1985
a1+a2+a2-a1-a1=1985
2a2-a1=1985

s1985
1983 mod 6=3
a1+a2+a3+a4+a5=1492
a1+a2+a2-a1-a1-a2=1492
a2-a1=1492
a2=493
a1=-999

s2001=
1999 mod 6=1
a1+a2+a3
a1+a2+a2-a1=2a2=986??
@albiesriram said:
93 it will be
98a+97*49=137

49a+49^2 = 93 :)

Geometry question of the day:-


@albiesriram said:
if we take first two nos as a , b
series will be
a,b,b-a,-a,b,b+a,a,-b,-b-a,-a,b,.........The highlighted part will get repeated and add upto zero.

so from condition in ques we get 2 eqn

2b - a = 1985
3b - a = 1492
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b = -493

sum of first 2001 terms = 2b (rest all will be zero)

so OA = -986 ?
@albiesriram said:
b=493
required sum =2b=986
@rnishant231 said:
if we take first two nos as a ,


the OA is sirf 986. please check once again
@ChirpiBird said:
d=9??
81=3*(3+x)
x=24??
@albiesriram said:
Geometry question of the day:-
Is it 315? Might have some error - got the two missing areas as 70 and 56...

regards
scrabbler

@scrabbler said:
Is it 315? Might have some error - got the two missing areas as 70 and 56...regardsscrabbler
How can it contain if it is solved by @scrabbler . on the money!!
@albiesriram said:
Geometry question of the day:-
area = 345 ?

area (left missing part) = 76
area(right missing part) = 80


65 * 4 = 180 (the problem)

area = 315
area(left missing part) = 56
area(right missing part = 70
@albiesriram said:
Geometry question of the day:-
(84+a)/b = 2/1
a/70 =84/(b+35)

a=56
b=70

total=56+70+40+30+35+84=315
@rnishant231 said:
area = 345 ?area (left missing part) = 76area(right missing part) = 80
56 , 70 the missing ones.
@albiesriram said:
56 , 70 the missing ones.
yes..that was a blunder from my side 65*4 = 280
@ChirpiBird said:
d=9??
9 is correct answer.

Ram marks up his goods by 40% and gives a discount of 10%.Apart from this,he uses faulty balance which reads 800 gms for 1000 gms .What is his net profit/loss percentage?

@albiesriram said:
Geometry question of the day:-
area of the two triangles that are not given
56 and 70
124+65+126 = 315
@albiesriram said:
Geometry question of the day:-
84+x/40=y+35/30
and x+84+y/105=y/35

solve and we get x=56 and y=70
so area= 315 :)

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@Ashank.Dubey said:
9 is correct answer.
Er, what options? The solution you posted says "use options" but original posts did not have options so it was a much more painful solution!!

regards
scrabbler

@rnishant231 said:

65 * 4 = 180 (the problem)
what is this?