Question
Download Solution PDFFor some positive and distinct real numbers x, y and z, if \(\rm \frac{1}{\sqrt y+\sqrt z}\) is the arithmetic mean of \(\rm \frac{1}{\sqrt x+\sqrt z}\ and \frac{1}{\sqrt x+\sqrt y}\) then the relationship which will always hold true, is
- x, y and z are in arithmetic progression
- √x, √y and √z are in arithmetic progression
- y, x and z are in arithmetic progression
- √x, √z and √y are in arithmetic progression
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe very first step we would like to do here is to remove the under-root term in denominator, hence multiplying both numerator and denominator with
Now asscording to the given question the equation formed will be:
\(\rm \frac{1}{√ x+√ z}+\rm \frac{1}{√ x+√ y}=\rm \frac{2}{√ y+√ z}\)
Now let's try to factorize the denominator
⇒ \(\rm \frac{√ x-√ z}{x-z}+\rm \frac{√ x-√ y}{x-y}=\frac{2(√ y-√ z)}{y-z}\)
Now lets go by the options and we are assuming d to be the common difference of out AP>
If x, y, z is in AP. Then, x - z = 2d, x - y = d, y - z = d
Putting this in our equation we get 3\(\sqrt{x}\) + 3\(\sqrt{z}\) = 6\(\sqrt{y}\) which we don't know about.
If y, x, z is in AP. Then, x - z = d, x - y = -d, y - z = 2d
So \(\rm \frac{√ x-√ z}{d}+\rm \frac{√ x-√ y}{-d}=\frac{2(√ y-√ z)}{2d}\)
⇒ (√x - √z) - (√x - √y) = (√y - √z)
Hence, y , x, z is in AP.