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 $${a_{10}}$$, $${a_{11}}$$,.... are in an AP with common difference - 2, then the time taken by him to count all notes is

The sum to infinite term of the series $$1 + {2 \over 3} + {6 \over {{3^2}}} + {{10} \over {{3^3}}} + {{14} \over {{3^4}}} + .....$$ is

The first two terms of a geometric progression add up to 12. the sum of the third and the fourth terms is 48. If the terms of the geometric progression are alternately positive and negative, then the first term is

In a geometric progression consisting of positive terms, each term equals the sum of the next two terns. Then the common ratio of its progression is equals