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If a,b,c are three consecutive positive integers, such that 12logea+12logec+(12ca+1)+13(12ca+1)3+15(12ca+1)5+...=logeb
Find b

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12logea+12logec+(12ca+1)+13(12ca+1)3+15(12ca+1)5+...

=12[logea+logec]+(12ca+1)+13(12ca+1)3+15(12ca+1)5+...

=12logeac+12loge⎜ ⎜ ⎜1+12ca+1112ca+1⎟ ⎟ ⎟
=12logeac+12loge(1+1ca)
=12loge(ac(1+1ca))

=12loge(ac+1)
{ a,b,c are consecutive; b=a+1,c=b+1}
=12loge((b1)(b+1)+1)

=12loge(b21+1)

=12logeb2

=12.2logeb

=loge7
b=7

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