A fruit seller was fond of mathematics. He always kept his stock fruits in AP. One day he had 2 apples,4 bananas and 6 mangoes. A thief took 2 from each of the fruits. Are the number of fruits of each type in an AP?

True

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Solution

The correct option is A True
True.
2,4,6 are in AP. Now by the property that we have just learnt,if we add or subtract each term of an AP by a constant number then the resulting sequence is also an AP.

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A fruit seller was fond of mathematics. He always kept his stock fruits in AP. One day he had 2 apples,4 bananas and 6 mangoes. A thief took 2 from each of the fruits. Are the number of fruits of each type in an AP?

The correct option is A TrueTrue. 2,4,6 are in AP. Now by the property that we have just learnt,if we add or subtract each term of an AP by a constant number then the resulting sequence is also an AP.

The correct option is A True
True.
2,4,6 are in AP. Now by the property that we have just learnt,if we add or subtract each term of an AP by a constant number then the resulting sequence is also an AP.