document.write( "Question 1165988: is 11/2, 25/6, 17/6, 3/2, 1/6 arithmetic?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #790470 by ikleyn(52855) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Use  \" 6 \" as the common denominator\r\n" );
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document.write( "    ,  ,  ,  ,  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now look into the numerators.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You see that the numerators are in arithmetic progression.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the original numbers form an arithmetic progression, too,\r\n" );
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document.write( "and the common difference is   = .\r\n" );
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