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Let d be the common difference of the given AP. Then, (a_2 a_1)=(a_3 a_2)=(a_4 a_3)= ⋯ = (a_n a_n 1)=d ∴ 1/a_1 a_2+ 1/a_2 a_3 + 1/a_3 a_4 + ⋯ + 1/a_n 1a_n ...

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Standard XII

Mathematics

Summation by Sigma Method

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If $a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \dots, a_{n}$ be an AP of nonzero terms then prove that

$\frac{1}{a_{1} a_{2}} + \frac{1}{a_{2} a_{3}} + \frac{1}{a_{3} a_{4}} + \dots + \frac{1}{a_{n - 1} a_{n}} = \frac{(n - 1)}{a_{1} a_{n}}$

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Let d be the common difference of the given AP. Then,

$(a_{2} - a_{1}) = (a_{3} - a_{2}) = (a_{4} - a_{3}) = \dots = (a_{n} - a_{n - 1}) = d$

$∴$ $\frac{1}{a_{1} a_{2}} + \frac{1}{a_{2} a_{3}} + \frac{1}{a_{3} a_{4}} + \dots + \frac{1}{a_{n - 1} a_{n}}$

$= \frac{1}{d} . {\frac{d}{a_{1} a_{2}} + \frac{1}{a_{2} a_{3}} + \frac{1}{a_{3} a_{4}} + \dots + \frac{d}{a_{n - 1} a_{n}}}$

$= \frac{1}{d} . {\frac{(a_{2} - a_{1})}{a_{1} a_{2}} + \frac{(a_{3} - a_{2})}{a_{2} a_{3}} + \frac{(a_{4} - a_{3})}{a_{3} a_{4}} + \dots + \frac{(a_{n} - a_{n - 1})}{a_{n - 1 a_{n}}}}$

$[∵ (a_{2} - a_{1}) = (a_{3} - a_{2}) = \dots = (a_{n} - a_{n - 1}) = d]$

$= \frac{1}{d} . {(\frac{1}{a_{1}} - \frac{1}{a_{2}}) + (\frac{1}{a_{2}} - \frac{1}{a_{3}}) + (\frac{1}{a_{3}} - \frac{1}{a_{4}}) + \dots + (\frac{1}{a_{n - 1}} - \frac{1}{a_{n}})}$

$= \frac{1}{d} . (\frac{1}{a_{1}} - \frac{1}{a_{n}}) = \frac{1}{d} . \frac{(a_{n} - a_{1})}{a_{1} a_{n}}$

$= \frac{1}{d} . [\frac{{a_{1} + (n - 1) d} - a_{1}}{a_{1} a_{n}}] [∵ a_{n} = a_{1} + (n - 1) d]$

$= \frac{1}{d} . \frac{(n - 1) d}{a_{1} a_{n}} = \frac{(n - 1)}{a_{1} a_{n}}$

Hence, the result follows.

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