RAJASTHAN ­ PET Rajasthan PET Solved Paper-2012

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    If\[{{H}_{1}}\]and\[{{H}_{2}}\]are two harmonic means between two positive numbers a and\[b(a\ne b),\]and G are the arithmetic and geometric means between a and b, then\[\frac{{{H}_{2}}+{{H}_{1}}}{{{H}_{2}}{{H}_{1}}}\]is

    A)  \[\frac{A}{G}\]

    B)  \[\frac{2A}{{{G}^{2}}}\]

    C)  \[\frac{A}{2{{G}^{2}}}\]

    D)  \[\frac{A}{{{G}^{2}}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Since,\[{{H}_{1}}\]and\[{{H}_{2}}\]are two harmonic means between two positive numbers a and b, then a, \[{{H}_{1}},{{H}_{2}}\]and b are in HP. \[\therefore \] \[{{H}_{1}}=\frac{3ab}{a+2b},{{H}_{2}}=\frac{3ab}{2a+b}\] Now,    \[\frac{{{H}_{1}}+{{H}_{2}}}{{{H}_{1}}{{H}_{2}}}=\frac{1}{{{H}_{2}}}+\frac{1}{{{H}_{1}}}\] \[=\frac{2a+b}{3ab}+\frac{a+2b}{3ab}\] \[=\frac{3a+3b}{3ab}=\frac{a+b}{ab}\] ?.(i) Now, A is the arithmetic mean between a and b, then \[2A=a+b\] ?(ii) and G is the geometric mean between a and b, then \[ab={{G}^{2}}\]                ...(iii) From Eqs. (i), (ii) and (iii), we get \[\frac{{{H}_{1}}+{{H}_{2}}}{{{H}_{1}}{{H}_{2}}}=\frac{2A}{{{G}^{2}}}\]


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