The least positive integer n such that 1 - 23 - 2 3^2 - - 2 3^ n-1 < 1 100 , is:

JEE Main 2014 Mathematics question

The least positive integer n such that , is:

Answer: (3)

The subtracted terms form a geometric series: . So the left side equals

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