Sequence And Series Question 20

Question: The harmonic mean of $ \frac{a}{1-ab} $ and $ \frac{a}{1+ab} $ is

[MP PET 1996; Pb. CET 2001]

Options:

A) $ \frac{a}{\sqrt{1-a^{2}b^{2}}} $

B) $ \frac{a}{1-a^{2}b^{2}} $

C) $ a $

D) $ \frac{1}{1-a^{2}b^{2}} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

$ H.M.=\frac{2( \frac{a^{2}}{1-a^{2}b^{2}} )}{\frac{a}{1-ab}+\frac{a}{1+ab}}=\frac{2a^{2}}{2a}=a $ .