Ta có: \(\frac{a}{b}=\frac{b}{c}=\frac{c}{d}=\frac{d}{e}=\frac{a-b+c-d}{b-c+d-e}\left(1\right)\)
Ta lại có: \(\left\{\begin{matrix}\frac{a}{b}=\frac{b}{c}\\\frac{c}{d}=\frac{d}{e}\\\frac{b}{c}=\frac{c}{d}\end{matrix}\right.\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\left\{\begin{matrix}a=\frac{b^2}{c}\\e=\frac{d^2}{c}\\d=\frac{c^2}{b}\end{matrix}\right.\)
\(\Rightarrow\left\{\begin{matrix}\frac{a}{e}=\frac{b^2}{d^2}\\d=\frac{c^2}{b}\end{matrix}\right.\)
\(\Rightarrow\frac{a}{e}=\frac{b^2}{\left(\frac{c^2}{b}\right)^2}=\frac{b^4}{c^4}\left(2\right)\)
Từ (1) và (2) suy ra: \(\frac{a}{e}=\left(\frac{a-b+c-d}{b-c+d-e}\right)^4\)