Question 1204480
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Tutor @josgarithmetic has the right answer immediately... but in trying to check her result she does some sloppy algebra, arriving at a contradiction.<br>
In a geometric progression, the square of any term is equal to the product of the two terms on either side of it.  Using that fact, we get the answer immediately:<br>
1^2 = (M)(N)
MN = 1<br>
ANSWER: MN = 1<br>
The problem doesn't ask us to find M and N; but we can easily.<br>
M^2 = (4/3)(1)
M^2 = 4/3
M = 2/sqrt(3)<br>
That gives us sqrt(3)/2 as the common ratio; and that gives us N = sqrt(3)/2.<br>
The terms of the GP are 4/3, M=2/sqrt(3), 1, and N=sqrt(3)/2.<br>