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Given that the ratio to sum of first m and n terms of an A.P. with first term ‘a’ and commond difference ‘d’ is m^2:n^2. The task is to find the ratio of mth and nth term of this A.P. 
Examples: 
 

Input: m = 3, n = 2
Output: 1.6667

Input: m = 5, n = 3
Output: 1.8

 

Approach:
Let the Sum of first m and n terms be denoted by Sm and Sn respectively. 
Also, let the mth and nth term be denoted by tm and tn respectively. 
 

Sm = (m * [ 2*a + (m-1)*d ])/2 
Sn = (n * [ 2*a + (n-1)*d ])/2
Given: Sm / Sn = m^2 / n^2 
Hence, ((m * [ 2*a + (m-1)*d ])/2) / ((n * [ 2*a + (n-1)*d ])/2) = m^2 / n^2 
=> (2*a + (m-1)*d) / (2*a + (n-1)*d) = m / n
on cross multiplying and solving, we get 
d = 2 * a 
Hence, the mth and nth terms can be written as:
mth term = tm = a +(m-1)*d = a + (m-1)*(2*a) 
nth term = tn = a +(n-1)*d = a + (n-1)*(2*a) 
Hence the ratio will be: 
tm / tn = (a + (m-1)*(2*a)) / (a + (n-1)*(2*a)) 
tm / tn = (2*m – 1) / (2*n – 1)

Below is the required implementation: 
 

C++




// C++ code to calculate ratio
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// function to calculate ratio of mth and nth term
float CalculateRatio(float m, float n)
{
    // ratio will be tm/tn = (2*m - 1)/(2*n - 1)
    return (2 * m - 1) / (2 * n - 1);
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    float m = 6, n = 2;
    cout << CalculateRatio(m, n);
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java code to calculate ratio
import java.io.*;
 
class Nth {
     
// function to calculate ratio of mth and nth term
static float CalculateRatio(float m, float n)
{
    // ratio will be tm/tn = (2*m - 1)/(2*n - 1)
    return (2 * m - 1) / (2 * n - 1);
}
}
 
// Driver code
class GFG {
     
    public static void main (String[] args) {
    float m = 6, n = 2;
    Nth a=new Nth();
System.out.println(a.CalculateRatio(m, n));
 
    }
}
 
// this code is contributed by inder_verma..


Python3




# Python3 program to calculate ratio
 
# function to calculate ratio
# of mth and nth term
def CalculateRatio(m, n):
 
    # ratio will be tm/tn = (2*m - 1)/(2*n - 1)
    return (2 * m - 1) / (2 * n - 1);
 
# Driver code
if __name__=='__main__':
    m = 6;
    n = 2;
    print (float(CalculateRatio(m, n)));
 
# This code is contributed by
# Shivi_Aggarwal


C#




// C# code to calculate ratio
using System;
 
class Nth {
     
// function to calculate ratio of mth and nth term
float CalculateRatio(float m, float n)
{
    // ratio will be tm/tn = (2*m - 1)/(2*n - 1)
    return (2 * m - 1) / (2 * n - 1);
}
 
    // Driver code
    public static void Main () {
    float m = 6, n = 2;
    Nth a=new Nth();
Console.WriteLine(a.CalculateRatio(m, n));
 
    }
}
// this code is contributed by anuj_67.


PHP




<?php
// PHP code to calculate ratio
 
// function to calculate ratio
// of mth and nth term
function CalculateRatio( $m, $n)
{
    // ratio will be tm/tn = (2*m - 1)/(2*n - 1)
    return (2 * $m - 1) / (2 * $n - 1);
}
 
// Driver code
 
$m = 6; $n = 2;
echo CalculateRatio($m, $n);
 
// This code is contributed
// by inder_verma
?>


Javascript




<script>
 
// JavaScript code to calculate ratio
 
// function to calculate ratio of mth and nth term
function CalculateRatio(m, n)
{
    // ratio will be tm/tn = (2*m - 1)/(2*n - 1)
    return (2 * m - 1) / (2 * n - 1);
}
 
// Driver code
 
    let m = 6, n = 2;
    document.write(CalculateRatio(m, n));
 
// This code is contributed by Surbhi Tyagi.
 
</script>


Output: 

3.66667

 

Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)



Last Updated : 07 Jul, 2022
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