QA HP

Harmonic Progression
Unequal numbers a, b, c, ... are said to be in a harmonic progression HP if reciprocals of these
terms i.e.,
are in an AP. Therefore no term of a HP can be equal to zero.
nth term of a harmonic progression
nth term of HP = l/(nth term of the corresponding AP)

Properties of HP
If a, b, c and d are in HP, then
1. a + d > b + c
2. ad > bc
Sum of n terms of a harmonic progression
There is no standard formula for finding the sum of n terms of a HP
.
Solved Examples
1) If a, b and c are in HP, then
a) AP
b) GP
c) HP
d) Cannot be determined uniquely
Answer:
a, b, c are in HP, so,
and will be in AP.
Or,

and

Or,
Hence

will be in AP
and

and

are in

will be in AP

are in AP.

So,
and
will be in HP.
Alternatively, these kinds of problems can also be done by assuming values.
Let us take 1, , 1/3 (which are in HP)
Now, when we check these values for AP, GP and HP, we find that is the AM of and .
So, obviously the given terms are in HP.

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