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Grade 1110 grade maths

The sum of four consecutive terms of an AP is 32 and the ratio of the product of their extreme terms and their mean terms is 7:15. Find the numbers.Why can`t we take the 4 consecutive terms as a-d,a+d, a+2d and a+3d rather than a-3d,a-d,a+d,a+3d?

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
You can take four consecutive terms of an AP asa-d,a+d, a+2d and a+3d but you cannot take them as their extreme terms