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Consider a sequence of real number $x_1, x_2, x_3, ...$ such that $x_{n+1} = x_n + n - 1$ for all $n \ge 1$. If $x_1 = -1$ then $x_{100}$ is equal to

Let $x, y, z$ be three positive real numbers in a geometric progression such that $x<y<z$. If $5 x, 16 y$, and $12 z$ are in an arithmetic progression then the common ratio of the geometric progression is

If the population of a town is $p$ in the beginning of any year then it becomes $3+2 p$ in the beginning of the next year. If the population in the beginning of $2019$ is $1000$ then the population in the beginning of $2034$ will be