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If a(b – c)x 2 + b(c – a) x + c(a – b) has equal roots, then a, b, c are in
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C
The equation will have equal roots if
b 2 (c – a) 2 = 4ac (b – c) (a – b)
If we make a quadratic equation in b, we get
⇒ a, b, c are in H.P. b = 
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