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Consider a sequence of real number $x_1, x_2, x_3, ...$ such that $x_{n+1} = x_n + n - 1$ for all $n \ge 1$. If $x_1 = -1$ then $x_{100}$ is equal to

Let $x, y, z$ be three positive real numbers in a geometric progression such that $x<y<z$. If $5 x, 16 y$, and $12 z$ are in an arithmetic progression then the common ratio of the geometric progression is

Let $a_n$ and $b_n$ be two sequences such that $a_n = 13 + 6 (n - 1)$ and $b_n = 15 + 7 (n - 1)$ for all natural numbers $n$. Then, the largest three digit integer that is common to both these sequences, is