Since A, B and C are in AP, the succesuve terms have the
same common difference. So, B-A = C-B.
Therefore 2B =
A+C.
Since 2^A, 2^B and 2^C are in GP, the successive tems
have the same common ratio. Therefore 2^B/2^A = 2^C / 2^A
.
(2^B)^2 = 2^A * 2^c
2^2B =
2^(A+C).
Bases being same, we equate the
powers.
2^2B = A+C.
Similarly
for x^A , x^B, and x^C ,
(x^B)^2 =
x^A*x^C
x^(2B) = x^(A+C) holds as 2B =
A+C.
Therefore for any integers in A,B and C in A P , we
can choose a base x. Then x^A, x^B and x^C are in
GP.
Example:
We take x = 7.
A= 3, B = 5 and C = 7.
7^3 , 7^5 and 7^7 are in GP with
7^2 as common ratio.
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