The number of terms common to the two A.P.s 2 , 5 , 8 , 11 … , 98 and 3 , 8, 13 , 18, 23 , … , 198
a,b,c are in A.P, .......................(i)
a,b,c are in G.P, .............................(ii)
from (i) and (ii), we get
using a=c in (ii)
so, a=b=c
here,