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The largest term common to the sequences `1, 11 , 21 , 31 , to100` terms and `31 , 36 , 41 , 46 , to100` terms is `381` b. `471` c. `281` d. 521

A

281

B

381

C

471

D

521

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D
Sequence `1,11,21,31,"…"` has common difference =10 and sequence `31,36,41,46,"…"` has common difference =5.
Hence, the sequence with common terms has common dofference LCM of 10 and 5 which is 10.
The first common term os 31.
Hence, sequence is `31,41,51,61,71,".."" " "....(i)"`
Now, `t_(100)` of forst sequence `=1+(100-1)10=991`
and `t_(100)` of second sequence `=31+(100-1)5=526`
Value of largest common term lt 526
` :. t_(n) " of Eq. " (i) is 31+(n-1)10=10n+21`
`t_(50)=10xx50+21=521`
is the value of largest common term.
Aliter Let mth term of the jfirst sequence be equal to the nth term of the second sequence, then
`1+(m-1)10=31+(n-1)5`
`implies 10m-9=5n+26 implies 10m-35=5n`
`implies 2m-7=n le 100 implies 2m le 107`
`implies m le 53(1)/(2)`
`:.` Largest value of m=53
`:.` Value of largest term `=1+(53-1)10=521`
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