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Insert 5 geometric means between 16 and 1/4. |
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Answer» Let the five terms be a1, a2, a3, a4, a5. A = 27, B = 1/81 Now, these 5 terms are between A and B. So the GP is: A, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, B. So we now have 7 terms in GP with the first term being 16 and seventh being 1/4. We know that, Tn = arn–1 Here, Tn = 1/4, a = 16 and 1/4 = 16r7-1 1/(4 × 16) = r6 r = 1/2 a1 = Ar = 16 × 1/2 = 8 a2 = Ar2 = 16 × 1/4 = 4 a3 = Ar3 = 16 × 1/8 = 2 a4 = Ar4 = 16 × 1/16 = 1 a5 = Ar5 = 16 × 1/32 = 1/2 ∴ The five GM between 16 and 1/4 are 8, 4, 2, 1, 1/2 |
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