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ABC is a right-angled triangle in which B=90and BC=a. If n points L1,L2.......,Ln on AB is divided in n+1 equal parts and L1M1,L2M2.....,LnMn are line segments parallel to BC and M1,M2......,Mn are on AC then the sum of lengths of L1M1,L2M2,......LnMn is

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a(n+1)2
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a(n1)2
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an2
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None of these
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Solution

The correct option is C an2
tanθ=ABBC=ABaBL1=L1L2=L2L3=k(n+1)k=ABtanθ=(n+1)kaatanθn+1=kki=(i)(atanθ)n+1Also,tanθ=kixi=(i)(atanθ)(n+1)xixi=ai(n+1)

Length Segment LiMi=aai(n+1)
LiMi=ani=1(1)an+1ni=1i=ana2n(n+1)(n+1)=an2

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