Saturday, July 19, 2014

Given the terms of a arithmetic sequence a,b,c, verify if 3(a^2+b^2+c^2)=6(a-b)^2+(a+b+c)^2?

We notice that if we'll raise to square the sum a+b+c,
we'll get:



bc)


The identity to be verified
is:




= 6(a-b)^2+a^2 + b^2 + c^2
bc)


+ 2(ab
+ ac + bc)


+ 2(ab + ac +
bc)


We'll divide by 2 both
sides:


+ (ab + ac +
bc)


We'll expand the binomial from the right
side:


+ (ab + ac +
bc)


  = (ab + ac + bc) -
6ab


But b =


2b = a +
c


If we'll raise to square both sides, we'll
get:



c^2



6ab



6ab



6ab



6ab


-
12ab



c^2



d^2



4d^2




8ad + 4d^2 = 4a^2 + 4ad- a^2 - a^2- 4ad4d^2


8ad +
= -   -
8ad


We notice that the given expression does
not represent an identity since     , if a,b,c are the
consecutive terms of a arithmetical progression.

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