Given: If a, b, c are in G.P. and a1/x = b1/y = c1/z, prove that x, y, z
Let a1/x = b1/y = c1/z = k.
Then, a = kx, b = ky, and c = kz. ...(1)
Since a, b, c are in G.P., therefore b² = a·c. ...(2)
Using (1) in (2), we get:
k2y = kx+z
⇒ 2y = x + z
Hence, x, y, z are in A.P.