SOLUTION: Let a, b, and c represent real numbers that are not consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence or of a geometric sequence. If a<b<c, determine a number that when added to a, b,

Question 1007933: Let a, b, and c represent real numbers that are not consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence or of a geometric sequence.
If a
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here's one possibility...let a, b, and c be 2, 5, and 9.
Then add 7 to each and get
9, 12, 16, a geometric sequence where the common ratio is 4/3.
I solved this using this proportion:

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