Let a , b , c , p , q , r > 0 such that ( a , b , c ) is a geometric progression and ( p , q , r ) is an arithmetic progression. If a p b q c r = 6 and a q b r c p = 2 9 then compute ⌊ a r b p c q ⌋ .
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L e t a = a , . . . . . b = a ∗ x , . . . . . c = a ∗ x 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p = p , . . . . . . . . . . q = p + d , . . . . . . . . . . r = p + 2 d . S o a p ∗ b q ∗ c r = a p ∗ ( a ∗ x ) p + d ∗ ( a ∗ x 2 ) p + 2 d = a 3 p ∗ a 3 d ∗ x 3 p ∗ x 5 d = 6 . A l s o a q ∗ b r ∗ c p = a p + d ∗ ( a ∗ x ) p + 2 d ∗ ( a ∗ x 2 ) p = a 3 p ∗ a 3 d ∗ x 3 p ∗ x 2 d = 2 9 W e w a n t a r ∗ b p ∗ c q = a p + 2 d ∗ ( a ∗ x ) p ∗ ( a ∗ x 2 ) p + d = a 3 p ∗ a 3 d ∗ x 3 p ∗ x 2 d = 2 9 .
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This was a nice troll question. Let b = a r , c = a r 2 , q = p + d and r = p + 2 d . Thus, the second statement says a p + d ( a r ) p + 2 d ( a r 2 ) p = a 3 p + 3 d r 3 p + 2 d = 2 9 .
Note that a r b p c q = a p + 2 d ( a r ) p ( a r 2 ) p + d = a 3 p + 3 d r 3 p + 2 d = 2 9 from above. Thus, the answer is 2 9 .