Arithmetically progressive

Algebra Level 2

True or false :

If a , b a , b and c c follows an arithmetic progression , then ( b + c a ) , ( c + a b ) (b + c - a) , (c + a - b) and ( a + b c ) (a + b - c) also follows an arithmetic progression.

True False

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Ashish Menon
May 24, 2016

Relevant wiki: Arithmetic Progressions

If a , b , c a , b , c is in arithmetic progression,
2 a , 2 b , 2 c -2a , -2b , -2c is in arithmetic progression,
So, ( a + b + c ) 2 a , ( a + b + c ) 2 b , ( a + b + c ) 2 c (a+b+c)-2a , (a+b+c)-2b , (a+b+c)-2c is in arithmetic progression,
So, ( b + c a ) , ( c + a b ) , ( a + b c (b+c-a) , (c+a-b) , (a+b-c are in arithmetic progression.

So, the answer is True \color{#69047E}{\boxed{\text{True}}} .

Hung Woei Neoh
May 25, 2016

Given that a , b , c a,b,c form an arithmetic progression, we know that

d 1 = c b , d 1 = b a d_1=c-b, \quad d_1=b-a

Therefore, it satisfies c b = b a c-b=b-a

Now, given a progression ( b + c a ) , ( c + a b ) , ( a + b c ) (b+c-a),(c+a-b),(a+b-c)

If it was an arithmetic progression:

d 2 = ( c + a b ) ( b + c a ) = 2 a 2 b , d 2 = ( a + b c ) ( c + a b ) = 2 b 2 c d_2 = (c+a-b) - (b+c-a) = 2a-2b, \quad d_2 = (a+b-c) - (c+a-b) = 2b-2c

This gives 2 a 2 b = 2 b 2 c 2 ( b a ) = 2 ( c b ) b a = c b 2a-2b = 2b-2c \implies -2(b-a) = -2(c-b) \implies b-a=c-b

The second progression also satisfies the same condition, therefore we can say that it is an arithmetic progression too.

Therefore, the answer is True \boxed{\text{True}}

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