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If m^th term
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Sia ? 6 years, 6 months ago

Let a and d be the first term and common difference respectively of the given A.P. Then
an = a + (n - 1)d
{tex}\frac { 1 } { n } ={/tex} mth term 
{tex}\Rightarrow \frac { 1 } { n } {/tex}= a + ( m - 1 ) d ...(i)
{tex}\frac { 1 } { m }{/tex}= nth term
{tex}\Rightarrow \frac { 1 } { m } {/tex}= a + ( n - 1 ) d ...(ii)
On subtracting equation (ii) from equation (i), we get
{tex}\frac { 1 } { n } - \frac { 1 } { m } = {/tex} [a+  (m-1) d] -[ a+ (n -1)d]
=  a + md - d - a - nd + d
{tex}= ( m - n ) d{/tex}
{tex} \Rightarrow \frac { m - n } { m n } = ( m - n ) d {/tex}
{tex}\Rightarrow d = \frac { 1 } { m n }{/tex}
Putting d = {tex}\frac { 1 } { m n }{/tex} in equation (i), we get
{tex}\frac { 1 } { n } = a + \frac { ( m - 1 ) } { m n } {/tex}
{tex}\Rightarrow \frac { 1 } { n } = a + \frac { 1 } { n } - \frac { 1 } { m n } {/tex}
{tex}\Rightarrow a = \frac { 1 } { m n }{/tex}
{tex}\therefore{/tex} (mn)th term = a + (mn - 1) d
{tex}\frac { 1 } { m n } + ( m n - 1 ) \frac { 1 } { m n } {/tex}{tex}\left[ \because a = \frac { 1 } { m n } = d \right]{/tex}
= {tex}\frac { 1 } { m n } + \frac { mn } { m n } - \frac { 1 } { m n }{/tex}
= 1

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