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gourish

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Registered: 2013-05-28

Posts: 153

hello guys i have got another question

if a,b and c are in geometric progression and x and y are the arithmetic means of a and b and b and c repsectively what is the value of

(a/x)+(c/y)=?

options range from :  0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
please explain how to solve this

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bobbym

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From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: hello guys i have got another question

Hi;

I would pick 2.

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gourish

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Registered: 2013-05-28

Posts: 153

Re: hello guys i have got another question

thanks i did too...

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"The man was just too bored so he invented maths for fun"
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