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Let a_1, a_2, a_3… ,a_10 be in G.P.with a_i>0 for i=1, 2, … , 10 and S be the set of pairs (r, k), r, k∈ N (the set of natural numbers) for which | …

JEE Main 2019 — Mathematics Algebra

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Let a1,a2,a3…,a10{a}_{1}, {a}_{2}, {a}_{3}\ldots ,{a}_{10}a1​,a2​,a3​…,a10​ be in G.P.G.P.G.P.with ai>0{a}_{i}>0ai​>0 for i=1,2,…,10i=1, 2, \ldots , 10i=1,2,…,10 and SSS be the set of pairs (r,k),r,k∈N(r, k), r, k\in N(r,k),r,k∈N (the set of natural numbers) for which

∣loge⁡a1ra2kloge⁡a2ra3kloge⁡a3ra4kloge⁡a4ra5kloge⁡a5ra6kloge⁡a6ra7kloge⁡a7ra8kloge⁡a8ra9kloge⁡a9ra10k∣=0|\begin{matrix}{\mathrm{log}}_{e}⁡{a}_{1}^{r} {a}_{2}^{k} & {\mathrm{log}}_{e}⁡{a}_{2}^{r}{a}_{3}^{k} & {\mathrm{log}}_{e}⁡{a}_{3}^{r}{a}_{4}^{k} \\ {\mathrm{log}}_{e}⁡{a}_{4}^{r} {a}_{5}^{k} & {\mathrm{log}}_{e}⁡{a}_{5}^{r}{a}_{6}^{k} & {\mathrm{log}}_{e}⁡{a}_{6}^{r}{a}_{7}^{k} \\ {\mathrm{log}}_{e}⁡{a}_{7}^{r}{a}_{8}^{k} & {\mathrm{log}}_{e}⁡{a}_{8}^{r}{a}_{9}^{k} & {\mathrm{log}}_{e}⁡{a}_{9}^{r}{a}_{10}^{k}\end{matrix}|=0∣loge​⁡a1r​a2k​loge​⁡a4r​a5k​loge​⁡a7r​a8k​​loge​⁡a2r​a3k​loge​⁡a5r​a6k​loge​⁡a8r​a9k​​loge​⁡a3r​a4k​loge​⁡a6r​a7k​loge​⁡a9r​a10k​​∣=0

Then the number of elements in S,S,S, is:

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  1. A

    Infinitely many

  2. B

    444

  3. C

    101010

  4. D

    222

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