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Let a1,a2,....,an be an A.P. with common difference π6 and assume seca1seca2+seca2seca3+....+secan1secan.=k(tanantana1) find the value of k.

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Given seca1seca2+seca2seca3+....+secan1secan.=k(tanantana1) ....(1)
Now, seca1seca2+seca2seca3+....+secan1secan
1cosa1cosa2+1cosa2cosa3+.....1cosan1cosan
=1sind(sin(a2a1)cosa1cosa2+sin(a3a2)cosa2cosa3+....sin(anan1)cosan1cosan)
=1sind((tana2tana1)+(tana3tana2)+....+(tanantanan1))
=1sind(tanantana1)
Comparing with (1), we get
k=1sind=2 where d=π6

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