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Let the harmonic mean of two positive real numbers a and b be 4, If q is a positive real number such that a, 5, q, b is an arithmetic progression, then the value(s) of |q -a| is (are) |
Answer» `4=(2ab)/(a+b)` `(ab)/(a+b)=2-(1)` a,5,q,b->AP common diff. d `a=5-d-(2)` `q=a+2d` `b=a+3d` `b=5+2d-(3)` `((5-d)(5+2d))/(10+d)=2` `2d^2-3d-5=0` `(2d-5)(d+1)=0` `d=-1,5/2` `d=-1` `2|d|=2`. |
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