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Correct answer: 14
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Write the general terms of the two A.P.s
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First A.P.:
Here, So its general term is
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Second A.P.:
Here, So its general term is
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Find the condition for common terms
A number common to both A.P.s must satisfy Rearranging, or
We can also write the common term as a number such that and
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Solve the congruences
Let Then we need Since , this gives
Since ,
So let Then
Hence, the common terms form an A.P.: with common difference
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Find how many such common terms lie in the given ranges
Since the first A.P. goes up to and the second up to , the common terms must be within both lists. So the largest possible common term is
Thus we count terms in
Let the number of common terms be . Then
So,
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Check last term
The 14th term is The 15th term would be So exactly common terms exist.
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