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JEE Main 2025 (January)
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Animated Solution for Mathematics - Sequence and Series: Let be the rth term of an A.P. If for some m, and , then is equal to Note: is given condition in Hindi version.

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Visualized Solution

Defining the A.P. Parameters

  • Let the first term be and common difference be .
  • Given: ,
  • Given:

Expanding the Term

  • Using the general term formula for :
  • Therefore,

Expanding the Summation Condition

  • Sum of first terms:
  • For :
  • Given condition:

Substituting into the Sum Equation

  • Substitute into the given condition:

Solving for First Term

  • Rewrite as
  • Substitute :

Solving for Common Difference

  • Substitute into :

Finding the Index

  • We are given
  • Expand :
  • Substitute and :

Calculating the Value of

  • Factor out :

Setting up the Final Target

  • We need to find:
  • Substitute :

Summing from to

  • Number of terms from to is
  • Sum
  • and
  • Sum

Final Calculation

  • Multiply the sum by :
  • The correct answer is .

The Sigma Insight: Arithmetic Progression (A.P.)

Solution Diagram

The Architecture of an Arithmetic Progression

Welcome, future engineer. Today, we are not just solving a problem; we are peeling back the layers of an Arithmetic Progression (AP) to see the elegant machinery underneath.
When you look at a problem involving and , do not see a wall of text. See the DNA of the sequence. Every AP is governed by two fundamental constants: the first term and the common difference .
If you know these two, you know everything about the sequence. Our mission is to hunt them down.

Phase 1

Decoding the DNA
We are given and . Immediately, we translate these into the language of algebra.
The general term is . Thus, for the 25th term, we have the equation:
This is our anchor. Now, consider the summation condition: .
The sum of the first terms is given by . For , this becomes:

Phase 2

The Elegant Substitution
Here is where the magic happens. Many students would blindly expand . But look closer; we have , and we know that .
Let us rewrite the sum expression:
Substituting our known value, we get . Now, applying the condition :
With in our pocket, finding is trivial. Plugging back into , we find . We have successfully decoded the DNA of this sequence.

Phase 3

The Hunt for
Now that we have and , finding is just a matter of walking the path. We know .
Expanding this:
Solving this gives us . We are halfway to victory.

Phase 4

The Final Summation
We are asked to find . With , this becomes .
Instead of calculating each term, we use the property that the sum of an AP is the number of terms multiplied by the average of the first and last terms. The number of terms from to is .
Using our values and , the sum is:
Finally, multiplying by 100:
And there it is. 126. The beauty of this problem is not in the arithmetic, but in the structure. By identifying the parameters early and using the symmetry of the sum formula, we turned a complex-looking expression into a simple, elegant result.

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