Let $a$, $b$ be two non-zero real numbers. If $p$ and $r$ are the roots of the equation $x ^{2}-8 ax +2 a =0$ and $q$ and $s$ are the roots of the equation $x^{2}+12 b x+6 b$ $=0$, such that $\frac{1}{ p }, \frac{1}{ q }, \frac{1}{ r }, \frac{1}{ s }$ are in A.P., then $a ^{-1}- b ^{-1}$ is equal to $......$

The income of a person is $Rs. \,3,00,000,$ in the first year and he receives an increase of $Rs.\,10,000$ to his income per year for the next $19$ years. Find the total amount, he received in $20$ years.

If the sum of first $p$ terms of an $A.P.$ is equal to the sum of the first $q$ terms, then find the sum of the first $(p+q)$ terms.

After inserting $n$, $A.M.'s$ between $2$ and $38$, the sum of the resulting progression is $200$. The value of $n$ is

Write the first five terms of the following sequence and obtain the corresponding series :

$a_{1}=3, a_{n}=3 a_{n-1}+2$ for all $n\,>\,1$

The ratio of sum of $m$ and $n$ terms of an $A.P.$ is ${m^2}:{n^2}$, then the ratio of ${m^{th}}$ and ${n^{th}}$ term will be