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If S_n denotes the sum of first n terms of an A.P. < a_n > such that $\frac{S_{m}}{S_{n}} = \frac{m^{2}}{n^{2}}, then \frac{a_{m}}{a_{n}} =$
(a) $\frac{2 m + 1}{2 n + 1}$

(b) $\frac{2 m - 1}{2 n - 1}$

(c) $\frac{m - 1}{n - 1}$

(d) $\frac{m + 1}{n + 1}$

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(b) $\frac{2 m - 1}{2 n - 1}$

$\frac{S_{m}}{S_{n}} = \frac{m^{2}}{n^{2}} \Rightarrow \frac{\frac{m}{2} \{2 a + (m - 1) d\}}{\frac{n}{2} \{2 a + (n - 1) d\}} = \frac{m^{2}}{n^{2}} \Rightarrow \frac{\{2 a + (m - 1) d\}}{\{2 a + (n - 1) d\}} = \frac{m}{n} \Rightarrow 2 a n + n d m - n d = 2 a m + n m d - m d \Rightarrow 2 a n - 2 a m - n d + m d = 0 \Rightarrow 2 a (n - m) - d (n - m) = 0 \Rightarrow 2 a (n - m) = d (n - m) \Rightarrow d = 2 a . . . . . (1)$

$Ratio of \frac{a_{m}}{a_{n}} = \frac{a + (m - 1) d}{a + (n - 1) d} \Rightarrow \frac{a_{m}}{a_{n}} = \frac{a + (m -) 2 a}{a + (n -) 2 a} From (1) = \frac{a + 2 a m - 2 a}{a + 2 a n - 2 a} = \frac{2 a m - a}{2 a n - a} = \frac{2 m - 1}{2 n - 1}$

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(a) $\frac{2 m + 1}{2 n + 1}$

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(d) $\frac{m + 1}{n + 1}$