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Question 31 — JEE Main 21 Jan 2026 (S I)

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    shahkb4
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    Let $\mathrm{S}=\{(\mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n}): \mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n} \in\{1,2,3, \ldots \ldots, 50\}\}$. If the number of elements $(\mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n})$ in S such that $6^{\mathrm{m}}+9^{\mathrm{n}}$ is a multiple of 5 is p and the number of elements ( $\mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n}$ ) in S such that $\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is a square of a prime number is q , then $\mathrm{p}+\mathrm{q}$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$
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    shahkb4
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    \[ \begin{aligned} & 6^{m}+9^{n}=(5+1)^{m}+(10-1)^{n} \\ & =\left({ }^{m} C_{0} 5^{m}+\ldots+{ }^{m} C_{m-1} 5+{ }^{m} C_{m}\right)+\left({ }^{n} C_{0} 10^{n}-{ }^{n} C_{1} 10^{n-1}+\ldots+{ }^{n} C_{n-1} 10+{ }^{n} C_{n}(-1)^{n}\right] \\ & =(5 k+1)+\left(10 \lambda+(-1)^{n}\right) \\ & =5(k+2 \lambda)+1+(-1)^{n} \\ & m \in\{1,2,3,4, \ldots, 49,50\} \end{aligned} \]

    n must be an odd no i.e. $\mathrm{n} \in\{1,3,5,7, \ldots, 49\}$;

    \[ \begin{aligned} & \mathrm{p}=50 \times 25=1250 \\ & \mathrm{~m}+\mathrm{n}=2^{2}=4 \\ & (\mathrm{~m}, \mathrm{n})=(1,3),(2,2),(3,1) \rightarrow 3 \\ & \mathrm{~m}+\mathrm{n}=3^{2}=9 \\ & (\mathrm{~m}, \mathrm{n})=(1,8),(2,7)(3,6), \ldots(8,1) \rightarrow 8 \\ & \mathrm{~m}+\mathrm{n}=5^{2}=25 \\ & (\mathrm{~m}, \mathrm{n})=(1,24)(2,23),(3,21) \ldots(24,1) \rightarrow 24 \\ & \mathrm{~m}+\mathrm{n}=7^{2}=49 \\ & (\mathrm{~m}, \mathrm{~m})=(1,48)(2,47),(3,46), \ldots(48,1) \rightarrow 48 \\ & (\mathrm{~m}+\mathrm{n})_{\max }=100 \\ & \mathrm{~m}+\mathrm{n} \neq 11^{2}=121 \end{aligned} \]
    \[ \begin{aligned} & q=3+8+24+48=83 \\ & \therefore p+q=1250+83=1333 \text { Answer }(1333) \end{aligned} \]
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