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A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let a_n denote the number of notes he counts in the n^ th minute. If a_1= a_2=…= a_10=150 and a_10, a_11, …

JEE Main 2010 — Mathematics Algebra

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A person is to count 4500 currency notes. Let ana_nan​ denote the number of notes he counts in the nth \mathrm{n}^{\text {th }}nth  minute. If a1=a2=……=a10=150\mathrm{a}_1=\mathrm{a}_2=\ldots \ldots=\mathrm{a}_{10}=150a1​=a2​=……=a10​=150 and a10,a11,……\mathrm{a}_{10}, \mathrm{a}_{11}, \ldots \ldotsa10​,a11​,…… are in A.P. with common difference −2-2−2, then the time taken by him to count all notes is

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Held on 30 Apr 2010 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    34 minutes

  2. B

    125 minutes

  3. C

    135 minutes

  4. D

    24 minutes

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