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Derivative Method for AGP Sums

JEE Main asked Derivative Method for AGP Sums once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2. It belongs to Arithmetico-Geometric Series, in Limits and Derivatives (Maths).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
1
in 1 shift
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2023
the only year
Pattern
Occasional
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2023. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210’220.07’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.

  • Sum of series with summation general term

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 0Hard 1

1 of the 1 question had a numerical answer.

Every question

The question

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q25Let f(x)=∑k=110k xkf(x)=\sum_{k=1}^{10}k\,x^k, x∈Rx\in\mathbb{R}. If 2f(2)+f′(2)=119(2)n+12f(2)+f'(2)=119(2)^n+1 then nn is equal to ______HardNumerical value

Shift: 13 Apr 2023, Shift 2.

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