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A club consists of members whose ages are in AP, the common difference being 3 months. If the youngest member of the club is just 7 years old and the sum of the ages of all the members is 250 years, then the number of members in the club are
For arithmetic progression,
S(n) = $$\frac{n}{2}[2a + (n - 1)d]$$
Given, S(n) = 250 years; d = 3 months (or) 0.25 years; a = 7 years
Substitute the values in the above formula,
$$250 = \frac{n}{2}[2(7) + (n - 1)0.25]$$
$$500 = 14n + 0.25 n^{2} - 0.25n$$
$$ 0.25 ^{2} + 13.75 n - 500 = 0$$
After solving, we get the roots as '-80' and '25'.
we will consider only '25' as '-80' is an imaginary value.
Hence, option C is the correct answer.
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