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The sum of first three terms in an arithmetic progression is 24 and thesum of their squares is 224. Find the first three terms of this arithmeticprogression.​

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LET the roots of A.P .be (a-d) ,a,(a+d)

Now the sum of 1ST three terms is 24 that means

a-d+a+a+d=24

3a=24

a=8

we GOT the value of a=8

Now,

squaring the terms

(a-d) 2 +(a) 2+ (a-d) 2 =224

where 2 are square not in multiplication

a2+d2-2ad+a2+a2+d2+2ad=224

3a 2 +2D 2 =224

3×8×8+2d2=224

2d2=224–192

2d2=32

d2=16

d=4

Therefore a-d,a,a+d are

8–4,8,8+4

4,8,12 ←This are the VALUES of 1st three 3terms



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