Arithmetic Geometric And Harmonic Progressions Formulas

Formulas for AP and GP and HP

In this Page you will Find Formulas for AP and GP and HP as well as definition also. These are Standard Formulas to Solve any Types of Problems of AP and GP and HP.

Definition of Arithmetic Progressions (A.P)

A series of number is termed to be in Arithmetic progression when the difference between two consecutive numbers remain the same.

It also means that the next number can be obtained by adding or subtracting the constant number to the previous in the sequence. Therefore, this constant number is known as the common difference(d).

For example, 4, 8 , 12 , 16 , 20 is an AP as the difference between two consecutive terms is three which is fixed.

formulas for GP

Formulas of Geometric Progression (G.P)

Suppose, if ‘a’ is the first term and ‘r’ be the common ration, then

  • Formula for nth term of GP = a r n-1
  • Geometric mean = nth root of the product of ‘n’ terms in the GP.
  • Formula to find the geometric mean between two quantities a and b = \sqrt{ab}
  • Formula to find the sum of the number of terms in a GP

Let ‘a’ be the first term, ‘r’ be the common ratio and ‘n’ be the number of terms

    1. if r>1 , then , s_{n} = a \times \frac{r^{n} -1}{r-1}
    2. if r<1 , then , s_{n} = a \times \frac{1-r^{n}}{1-r}

Sum of infinite terms in a GP(r<1) \frac{a}{1-r}

Definition of Harmonic Progression (H.P)

Harmonic progression is the series when the reciprocal of the terms are in AP. 

For example, \frac{1}{a}, \frac{1}{ (a + d)}, \frac{1}{(a + 2d)}…… are termed as a harmonic progression as a, a + d, a + 2d are in Arithmetic progression. 

  • First term of a HP is \frac{1}{a}
  • There are many Application of Harmonic Progressions.

Formulas of Harmonic Progression (H.P)

  • The nth term in HP is identified by,  {a_{n}} = \frac{1}{a+(n-1)d}
  • To solve any problem in harmonic progression, a series of AP should be formed first, and then the problem can be solved. 
  • For two terms ‘a’ and ‘b’,
    Harmonic Mean = \frac{(2ab)}{ (a + b)}

Relationship Between Arithmetic Mean, Harmonic Mean, and Geometric Mean of Two Numbers

If GM, AM and HM are the Geometric Mean, Arithmetic Mean and Harmonic Mean of two positive numbers respectively, then 

GM2 = AM x HM

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