An arithmetic progression has first term and common difference

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Problem

An arithmetic progression has first term

4

and common difference

4

. A geometric progression has first term

2

and common ratio

2

. If the

n

th term of the AP equals the

m

th term of the GP and

n+m=5

, the value of

n

is (a)

4

(b)

2

(c)

1

(d)

3