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The number of common terms in the two sequences: 15, 19, 23, 27,.... , 415 and 14, 19, 24, 29,... , 464 is

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A

18

B

19

C

21

D

20

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Correct Answer :

Option D

20

Solution :

The first arithmetic progression (AP) is:
15, 19, 23, 27,..., 415
First term a1=15, common difference d1=4.

The second AP is:
14, 19, 24, 29,..., 464
First term a2=14, common difference d2=5.

The first common term of both sequences is a=19.

The common terms themselves form an AP whose common difference d is the LCM of the common differences of the two individual APs:
d=LCM(4,5)=20.

The common terms must be less than or equal to the minimum of the two series' end values, which is min(415,464)=415.

Let the number of common terms be n. The n-th common term is:
Tn=19+(n1)×20415
(n1)×20396
n119.8
n20.8

Since n must be an integer, the maximum value of n is 20.

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