Firstly a GP, some minus becomes AP!

Algebra Level 3

The sum of three integers which form a Geometric Progression is 65 65 . If the first term is minus by 1 1 and the third term is minus by 19 19 , the three integers form an Arithmetic Progression. What is the sum of these 3 integers?


The answer is 65.

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3 solutions

Damiann Mangan
Mar 11, 2014

One could derive the answer from the first sentence.

Wrong answer answer should be 45

Yuan yuan - 7 years, 1 month ago

wrong question answer must be 45 or improve your asking skills

Parth Lohomi - 6 years, 11 months ago

WRONG QUESTION, NOT AT ALL CLEAR. ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT SUM OF INTEGERS IN GP OR SUM OF INTEGERS IN AP. ANSWER SHOULD BE 45 AS THE NEW INTEGERS WOULD BE 4, 15, 26.

Kushagra Sahni - 7 years, 2 months ago

Oops, made a mistake haha

Christopher Boo - 7 years, 3 months ago

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u could've asked the sum of the AP.

Aneesh Kundu - 7 years ago

it decreased my ratings and i came down a level please check the question next time

Parth Lohomi - 6 years, 11 months ago
Aakash Khandelwal
Jun 28, 2015

It must be a level 1 problem.

you need to see the number in first sentence

Christopher Boo
Mar 11, 2014

Oops the answer appeared in the problem already! See Damiann's solution!

Actually, this problem is supposed to determine the three integers but I don't know how to ask for an integer answer so it ends up being a troll. I am very sorry and the supposed solution is as below:

Tools needed to solve the problem:

For three terms a , b , c a,b,c ,

  • If they form A.P, then 2 b = a + c 2b=a+c

  • If they form G.P, then b 2 = a c b^2=ac


Let the three integers be a , b , c a,b,c . From the given details, we have:

b 2 = a c b^2=ac

a + b + c = 65 a+b+c=65

2 b = ( a 1 ) + ( c 19 ) 2b=(a-1)+(c-19)

From the second and third equation, we will have

b = 15 b=15

Substitute to the first and second equation, we will have

a + c = 50 a+c=50

a c = 225 ac=225

From here we can construct an equation with the roots a , c a,c ,

x 2 ( a + c ) x + a c = 0 x^2-(a+c)x+ac=0

x = 5 x=5 or x = 45 x=45

Hence,

a + b + c = 65 a+b+c=65

Nice question...pity that the answer was in the question itself!!!

Tanya Gupta - 7 years, 3 months ago

Actually, you could ask what is the n n -th term of this GP.

Damiann Mangan - 7 years, 3 months ago

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Nice suggestion!

Christopher Boo - 7 years, 3 months ago

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