State true or false:
$a$ should be $5$ to make the series $2, a, 8, . . .$ to be in AP.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Given series $2, a, 8$
The condition to be in AP is
$2 b = a + c 2 a = 2 + 8 2 a = 10 a = 5$

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