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Harmonic Progression - Practice Questions & MCQ

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  • Harmonic Progression is considered one of the most asked concept.

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If \; a_{1},a_{2}....,a_{n} are in H.P., then the expression a_{1}a_{2}+a_{2}a_{3}+.....+a_{n-1}a_{n}\; is equal to:

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Harmonic Progression

Harmonic Progression

A sequence \mathit{a_1,a_2,a_3,....,a_n,....} of non-zero numbers is called a harmonic progression if the sequence \mathit{\frac{1}{a_1},\frac{1}{a_2},\frac{1}{a_3},....,\frac{1}{a_n},....} is an arithmetic progression.

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Reciprocals of arithmetic progression is a Harmonic progression.

Eg, \frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{5},\frac{1}{8},\frac{1}{11},..... is an HP because their reciprocals 2, 5, 8, 11,... form an A.P.

 

  • No term of the H.P. can be zero.

  • The general form of HP is

            \frac{1}{a},\frac{1}{a+d},\frac{1}{a+2d},\frac{1}{a+3d}.....

            Here a is the first term and d is the common difference of corresponding A.P.

 

General term of a Harmonic Progression

The nth term or general term of a H.P. is the reciprocal of the nth term of the corresponding A.P.

Thus, if a_1,a_2,a_3,......,a_n is an H.P. and the common difference of corresponding A.P. is d, i.e. d=\frac{1}{a_n}-\frac{1}{a_{n-1}}, then the nth term of corresponding AP is \frac{1}{a_1}+(n-1)d and hence, the general term or nth term of an H.P. is given by \mathrm{a_n=\frac{1}{\frac{1}{a_1}+(n-1)d}}

 

Note:

There is no general formula for the sum of n terms that are in H.P.  

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