Given that , and are consecutive terms in a arithmetic progression. If the equation has as solution and . The value of the common difference of the arithmetic progression can be written as . Find the value of
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As c , b and a are in arithmetic progression we have b = c + d and a = c + 2 d . Also c is solution to the quadratic equation, so we have that ( c + 2 d ) c 2 + ( c + d ) c + c = 0 But c = 0 so: ( c + 2 d ) c + c + d + 1 = 0 c 2 + ( 2 d + 1 ) c + 1 + d = 0 But there is only one value for c , so: ( 2 d + 1 ) 2 − 4 ( 1 + d ) = 0 4 d 2 = 3 ⇒ d = 2 3