Problem Analysis #43

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Problem Statement

Let {an}\{a_n\} be an arithmetic sequence and {bn}\{b_n\} a geometric sequence whose first terms and common difference/ratio are equal. They satisfy the following condition:\begin{center}\fbox{\begin{minipage}{0.9\textwidth}For some natural number kk,bk+i=1ai1(i=1,2,3).b_{k+i} = \frac{1}{a_i} - 1 \quad (i = 1, 2, 3).\end{minipage}}\end{center}Suppose that the inequality0<n=1(bn1anan+1)<300 < \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left(b_n - \frac{1}{a_n a_{n+1}}\right) < 30holds. Thena2×n=1b2n=qp,a_2 \times \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} b_{2n} = \dfrac{q}{p},where a1eq0a_1 eq 0 and pp and qq are coprime natural numbers. Compute p+qp + q. [4 points]\

Ground Truth
97
Execution Trace
Reasoning Process

[PYTHON] import sympy as sp

Define symbols

x, y = sp.symbols('x y', real=True)

Equation from ratio equality (derived earlier)

eq1 = sp.Eq(x*(x + 2y)(1 - x - y)**2, (x + y)2(1 - x)(1 - x - 2*y))

Equation from y = x*(1 - x - y)/((x + y)*(1 - x))

eq2 = sp.Eq(y, x*(1 - x - y)/((x + y)*(1 - x)))

Solve the system

solutions = sp.solve([eq1, eq2], (x, y), dict=True)

solutions [/PYTHON]

Tool Output
[PYTHON OUTPUT] [{x: 5/4 - sqrt(17)/4, y: -3/4 + sqrt(17)/4}, {x: sqrt(17)/4 + 5/4, y: -sqrt(17)/4 - 3/4}] [/PYTHON OUTPUT]
Reasoning Process

[THOUGHT] The Python output provides the solution for x and y, which are the first term and common difference/ratio of both sequences. From the output, we have:

x = 5/4 - sqrt(17)/4 y = -3/4 + sqrt(17)/4

We need to compute a_2 × sum_{n=1}^∞ b_{2n}, where a_2 = x + y and b_n = x * y^{n-1}.

First, let's compute a_2: a_2 = x + y = (5/4 - sqrt(17)/4) + (-3/4 + sqrt(17)/4) = 2/4 = 1/2

Next, let's compute the sum of b_{2n} for n=1 to ∞: sum_{n=1}^∞ b_{2n} = sum_{n=1}^∞ x * y^{2n-1} = x * y * sum_{n=0}^∞ (y^2)^n = x * y / (1 - y^2)

Let's calculate this using Python to get the exact value.

[/PYTHON] [PYTHON] import sympy as sp

Define the variables

sqrt_17 = sp.sqrt(17) x = 5/4 - sqrt_17/4 y = -3/4 + sqrt_17/4

Calculate a_2

a_2 = x + y

Calculate the sum of b_{2n}

sum_b_2n = x * y / (1 - y**2)

Calculate the product a_2 * sum_b_2n

result = a_2 * sum_b_2n

Simplify the result

simplified_result = sp.simplify(result)

Convert to a fraction

fraction_result = sp.nsimplify(simplified_result)

Extract numerator and denominator

numerator, denominator = fraction_result.as_numer_denom()

Ensure they are integers

numerator = int(numerator) denominator = int(denominator)

Calculate p + q

p_plus_q = numerator + denominator

print(p_plus_q) [/PYTHON]

Tool Output
[PYTHON OUTPUT] 66 [/PYTHON OUTPUT]
Reasoning Process

[THOUGHT] The Python output confirms that the value of a2×n=1b2na_2 \times \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} b_{2n} is 66, which is already in its simplest fractional form 661\frac{66}{1}. Therefore, p=1p = 1 and q=66q = 66, and p+q=67p + q = 67.

\boxed{67}

Final Model Output
67

Comparative Analysis (P43) (Average across runs)

Avg Time Taken

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2632.5
K-EXAONE-236B-A23B
2436.6
K-EXAONE-236B-A23B
2165.1
Gemini-3-Pro-Preview
417.3
Solar-Pro-2 (31B)(high)
277.7
Solar-Open-100B
270.6
Kanana-2-30B-Thinking
216.5
Kanana-2-30B-Thinking-2601
197.5
Deepseek-V3.2
191.1
GPT-5.1 (high)
191.1
Claude-Opus-4.5
156.4
Llama-VARCO-8B-Instruct
111.3
A.X-4.0 (72B)
106.4
GPT-5.2 (high)
34.0
HCX-007(high)
33.5
EXAONE-4.0.1-32B (high)
25.0
axk1
11.0

Avg Token Usage

Grok-4.1-fast
391597.0
K-EXAONE-236B-A23B
259248.7
Claude-Opus-4.5
93759.0
Gemini-3-Pro-Preview
76652.0
Solar-Open-100B
41942.0
K-EXAONE-236B-A23B
36846.0
Kanana-2-30B-Thinking-2601
36468.0
Kanana-2-30B-Thinking
29616.0
Solar-Pro-2 (31B)(high)
18153.0
Deepseek-V3.2
14077.0
GPT-5.1 (high)
13809.0
Llama-VARCO-8B-Instruct
9248.0
A.X-4.0 (72B)
6554.0
GPT-5.2 (high)
5731.0
HCX-007(high)
4421.0
axk1
3338.0
EXAONE-4.0.1-32B (high)
0.0