In which of the following situational, does the list of numbers involved make an arithmetic progression, and why?
The amount of air present in a cylinder when a vacuum pump removes
of the air remaining in the cylinder at a time.
Amount of air present in the cylinder = x units (say) = a1
Amount of air present in the cylinder after one time removal of air by the vacuum pump
Amount of air present in the cylinder after two times removal of air by the vacuum pump
and so on,
As a3 – a7 ≠ a3 – a2, this list of numbers does not form an A .P.