Show that the sum of ${(m + n)^{th}}$ and ${(m - n)^{th}}$ term of an A.P. is equal to twice the ${m^{th}}$ term.
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Hint: Any arithmetic progression follows the sequence of a, a + d, a + 2d, .... + a +(n-1)d . Sum of these all terms will be the sum of that arithmetic progression.
Complete step-by-step answer: Let ‘a’ be the first term and ‘d’ be the common difference of the given A.P.
From general formula of A.P. we have ‘n’ th term A.P. is ${T_n} = a + (n - 1)d$ The m th term is ${T_m} = a + (m - 1)d$ ... (1)
Then ${(m + n)^{th}}$ term $ \Rightarrow {T_{m + n}} = a + (m + n - 1)d$ ... (2)
${(m - n)^{th}}$ term $ \Rightarrow {T_{m - n}} = a + (m - n - 1)d$ .... (3)
Let’s find the sum of ${(m + n)^{th}}$ and ${(m - n)^{th}}$ terms, adding equation (2) and (3)
From equation (1), we can substitute $ \Rightarrow {T_{m + n}} + {T_{m - n}} = 2{T_m}$
Hence proved.
$\therefore $The sum of ${(m + n)^{th}}$ and ${(m - n)^{th}}$ term of an A.P. is equal to twice the ${m^{th}}$ term.
Note: Arithmetic progression (A.P.) is a sequence of numbers, in which the difference between consequent numbers is a fixed number (common difference) throughout the sequence. ${n^{th}}$ term of A.P. depends on first term(a) and the common difference(d) ${T_n} = a + (n - 1)d$
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