The largest term in the sequence $a_n=\frac{n}{n^2+100}$ is:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
$a_n=\frac{1}{n+100/n}$
$a_n$ is maximum if $n+\frac{100}{n}$ is minimum.
Now, $E=n+\frac{100}{n}⇒\frac{dE}{dn}=1-\frac{100}{n^2}$
$\frac{dE}{dn}=0⇒\frac{100}{n^2}=1⇒n^2=100⇒n=±10$
Now, $\frac{d^2E}{dn^2}=1+\frac{200}{n^3}⇒(\frac{d^2E}{dn^2})_{n=10}=1+\frac{200}{1000}>0$ ⇒ E has minimum when n = 10
⇒ $a_n$ is maximum when n = 10 ∴ The largest term of sequence is $a_{10}$.