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KarunMendiratta wrote:
Explanation:

Let,
Sum of Even numbers be: \((a - 2) + a + (a + 2)\)
Sum of Odd numbers be: \((b - 4) +(b - 2) + (b + 2) + (b + 4)\)

Given, \((b - 4) +(b - 2) + (b + 2) + (b + 4) = (a - 2) + a + (a + 2)\)
\(4b = 3a\)
\(a = \frac{4b}{3}\)

This means, \(b\) has to be a multiple of 3 which will make \(a\) as the multiple of 4

Also, \(101 < a < 200\)
i.e. \(102 ≤ \frac{4b}{3} ≤ 198\)

\(102(\frac{3}{4}) ≤ b ≤ 198(\frac{3}{4})\)

\(76.5 ≤ b ≤ 148.5\)

Since, \(b\) is odd, it can have \(\frac{(147 - 77)}{2} + 1 = 36\) values in total

But, it has to be a multiple of 3 as well, so we can have \(\frac{36}{3} = 12\) values for \(b\)
Therefore, \(a\) can take 12 values too.

Col. A: 12
Col. B: 12

Hence, Option C



Sir, I didn't understand this step:
\(101 < a < 200\)
i.e. \(102 ≤ \frac{4b}{3} ≤ 198\)

Please explain
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x is odd and y is even


x + x+2 + x + 4 + x + 6 = y + y + 2 + y + 4

4x + 6 = 3y

y = 4x/3 + 2


The first value of y =102 and the first value of x= 75 if

101 < y + 2 < 200


99< y < 198

From y = 4x/3 + 2 we can see that if x increases by 3, y increases by 4

Combinations that work for x with y= 75, 81, 87

Possible values of y = 102, 110, 118....

You can see the common difference for y sequence is 8

102 + (n - 1)8 < 200

102 + 8n - 8 < 200

44 + 8n < 200

8n < 106

n < 13.5

There are 12 values of y within the range so answer is C
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