document.write( "Question 933858: a,b,c are in AP if 1,4 19 are subtracted from then it is in GP: Find a,b,c \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "-2,9,16 are in AP, with common difference 11 and subtracting\r\n" );
document.write( "                    1,4,19, gives -3,3,-3 in GP, with common ratio -1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "-2,-5,-8 are in AP, with common difference -3 and subtracting \r\n" );
document.write( "                    1,4,19, gives -3,-9,-27 in GP, with common ratio 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "-47,-68,-89 are in AP, with common difference -21, and subtracting \r\n" );
document.write( "                    1,4,19 gives -48, -72, -108, GP, with common ratio 1.5.\r\n" );
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