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yes no
·2009-07-14 07:39:18
for 3rd
use sum of terms equidistant from beginning and end is equal
in this case a1 + a19 = a2 +a18
=== 112 ..ok?
now u can do this i think!!
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Hari Shankar
·2009-07-14 08:40:40
\frac{1}{\sqrt x + \sqrt y} + \frac{1}{\sqrt y + \sqrt z} = \frac{\sqrt y - \sqrt x}{d} + \frac{\sqrt z - \sqrt y}{d} = \frac{\sqrt z - \sqrt x}{d} = \frac{2}{\sqrt x + \sqrt z} (d is of course the common difference)
This establishes that \frac{1}{\sqrt x + \sqrt y}, \frac{1}{\sqrt x + \sqrt z}, \frac{1}{\sqrt y + \sqrt z} are in A.P.
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Honey Arora
·2009-07-14 09:50:43
thrz bit mistake in #2
in this case a1 + a19 = a2 +a18
=== 112
in ques a8+a12 instead.......bt the same method is applied..........thx
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Lokesh Verma
·2009-07-14 22:38:42
see if you have typed the 2nd problem correctly
Q3)Find the sum of first 19 terms of the AP a1,a2,a3,.........if it is known that a1+a8+a12+a19=224
observe that...
a1 + a19 = a8+a12
now sum of an AP is sum of 1st and last term divided by number of terms..
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Tarun Kumar Yadav
·2009-07-14 22:38:42
for the second quest. the terms are in a.p. with common difference √x /(1-x) therefore the sum to nterms would be
Sn = [n{√x(n-3) + 2}]/2(1-x)
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Lokesh Verma
·2009-07-14 22:39:28
hmm.. i was stuck in trying to see a GP.
Good work tarun