Review

Find the 8th term of the geometric sequence 48,

24, 12, 6, 3, …

Given: 𝒂𝟖 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏−𝟏
𝒂𝟏 = 48 𝒂𝟖 =
𝟏 𝟖−𝟏
48( )
𝟐
𝟏 𝟕
r=
𝟏 𝒂𝟖 = 48( )
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏
𝒂𝟖 = 48( )
𝟏𝟐𝟖
𝒂𝟖 = ? 𝟒𝟖 𝟑
𝒂𝟖 = or
𝟏𝟐𝟖 𝟖
 Review
Find the first term of the geometric sequence with a
common ratio of 2 and 10th term of 384.
𝒏−𝟏
𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓
Given:
r=2 384= 𝒂𝟏 (𝟐)𝟏𝟎−𝟏
384= 𝒂𝟏 (𝟐)𝟗
a10 = 384 384= 𝒂𝟏 (512)
𝟑𝟖𝟒
𝒂𝟏 = ? = 𝒂𝟏
𝟓𝟏𝟐
𝟑
= 𝒂𝟏
𝟒
 Review
Find the first term and the common ratio of the geometric
sequence if 𝒂𝟐 = −𝟒 and 𝒂𝟔 = −𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒.
𝒏−𝟏
Given: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓 −𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝟓
=
𝒂𝟏 = ? −𝟒 𝒂𝟏 𝒓
𝒂𝟐 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓
r=?
256 = 𝒓𝟒
a2 = - 4
𝒂𝟔 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓 𝟓 𝟒
256 =
𝟒
𝒓𝟒
a6 = -1024
𝒂𝟔 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝟓
= 4=𝒓
𝒂𝟐 𝒂𝟏 𝒓
 Review
Find the first term and the common ratio of the geometric
sequence if 𝒂𝟐 = −𝟒 and 𝒂𝟔 = −𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒.
𝒂𝟔 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝟓
Given: 𝒂 𝟐 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓
-1024 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝟒)𝟓
𝒂𝟏 = ?
- 4 = 𝒂𝟏 𝟒 -1024 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝟒)𝟓
r=4
−4
a2 = - 4 = 𝒂𝟏 -1024 = 𝒂𝟏 (1024)
4
−1024
a6 = -1024 = 𝒂𝟏
-1 = 𝒂𝟏 1024
-1 = 𝒂𝟏
Geometric
Series
Geometric Sequences and Series

Objective:

Determine sums of geometric

series.
 𝑺𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 + 𝒂𝟏 r + 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝟐 + … + 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏 −𝟐 + 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏 −𝟏

r(𝑺𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 + 𝒂𝟏 r + 𝒂𝟏 𝒓 + … + 𝒂𝟏 𝒓
𝟐 𝒏 −𝟐
+ 𝒂𝟏 𝒓 𝒏 −𝟏
)r

r𝑺𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 r + 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝟐 + 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝟑 +… + 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏 −𝟏 + 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏
𝑺𝒏 - r𝑺𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 - 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏
𝑺𝒏 (1 – r) = 𝒂𝟏 - 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏
𝒏
𝒂𝟏 (𝟏 − 𝒓 )
𝑺𝒏 =
𝟏 −𝒓
 The nth Partial Sum of a Geometric
Sequence
The sum 𝑺𝒏 of the first n terms of a geometric
sequence is given by

𝒂𝟏 (𝟏 − 𝒓𝒏 )
𝑺𝒏 =
𝟏 −𝒓

Where 𝒂𝟏 is the first term and r is the common ratio (r ≠ 𝟏)

 HALIMBAWA 1
Find the sum of the six terms of the geometric sequence
2, -8, 32, -128, … 𝒂 (𝟏 − 𝒓𝒏 )
𝟏
𝑺𝒏 =
𝟏 −𝒓
𝟐 {𝟏 − −𝟒 𝟔 }
Solution 𝑺𝟔 =
𝟏 − (−𝟒)
𝟐 {𝟏 − 𝟒𝟎𝟗𝟔}
𝒂𝟐 −𝟖 𝑺𝟔 =
r= = = -4 𝟏+𝟒
𝒂𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 {−𝟒𝟎𝟗𝟓}
𝑺𝟔 =
𝟏+𝟒
−𝟖𝟏𝟗𝟎
𝑺𝟔 =
𝟓
𝐒𝟔 = -1638
 HALIMBAWA 2
Evaluate σ𝟖𝒊=𝟎 𝟐𝒊
Solution 𝒂𝟏 (𝟏 − 𝒓𝒏 )
𝑺𝒏 =
𝟏 −𝒓
σ𝟖𝒊=𝟎 𝟐𝒊 = 𝟐𝟎 + 𝟐𝟏 + 𝟐𝟐 + … + 𝟐𝟖 𝟏 {𝟏 − 𝟐 𝟗 }
𝑺𝟗 =
𝟏 −𝟐
σ𝟖𝒊=𝟎 𝟐𝒊 = 1 + 2 + 4 + … + 256 𝟏 (𝟏 − 𝟓𝟏𝟐)
𝑺𝟗 =
𝟏 −𝟐
−𝟓𝟏𝟏
𝑺𝟗 =
𝑎1 = 1 −𝟏
r=2 𝑺𝟗 = = 511
n=9
 HALIMBAWA 3
Find the sum of the first seven 𝒂𝟏 (𝟏 − 𝒓𝒏 )
terms of the geometric sequence 3, 𝑺𝒏 =
6, 12, … 𝟏 −𝒓
𝟑 {𝟏 − 𝟐 𝟕 }
𝑺𝟕 =
𝟏 − 𝟐
𝒂𝟐 𝟔
r= = =2 𝑺𝟕 =
𝟑 (𝟏 − 𝟏𝟐𝟖}
𝒂𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏
𝑎1 = 3 𝑺𝟕 =
𝟑 {−𝟏𝟐𝟕}
−𝟏
n=7 𝑺𝟕 =
−𝟑𝟖𝟏
−𝟏
𝑺𝟕 = 𝟑𝟖𝟏
 HALIMBAWA 4

Use the formula for the nth partial sum of

geometric sequence to answer the following:

a. Find the sum of the first six terms of the

geometric sequence 4, -12, 36 …

b. 𝟔
σ𝒊=𝟎 𝟔𝒊
answer
𝒂𝟏 (𝟏 − 𝒓𝒏 )
a. Find the sum of the first six 𝑺𝒏 =
terms of the geometric sequence 𝟏 −𝒓
𝟒 {𝟏 − −𝟑 𝟔 }
4, -12, 36 … 𝑺𝟔 =
𝟏 − (−𝟑)
𝟒 (𝟏 − 𝟕𝟐𝟗}
𝒂𝟐 −𝟏𝟐 𝑺𝟔 =
r= = = -3 𝟏+𝟑
𝒂𝟏 𝟒 𝟒 {−𝟕𝟐𝟖}
𝑺𝟔 =
𝑎1 = 4 𝟒
−𝟐𝟗𝟏𝟐
n=6 𝑺𝟔 =
𝟒
𝑺𝟔 = −𝟕𝟐𝟖
 answer 𝒂𝟏 (𝟏 − 𝒓𝒏 )
𝑺𝒏 =
𝟔 𝒊 𝟏 −𝒓
σ
b. 𝒊=𝟎 𝟔
𝟏 {𝟏 − 𝟔 𝟕 }
𝑺𝟕 =
σ𝟔𝒊=𝟎 𝟔𝒊 = 𝟔𝟎 + 𝟔𝟏 + 𝟔𝟐 + … + 𝟔𝟔 𝟏 −𝟔
𝟏 (𝟏 − 𝟐𝟕𝟗𝟗𝟑𝟔)
𝑺𝟕 =
σ𝟔𝒊=𝟎 𝟔𝒊 = 1 + 6 + 36 + … + 46656 𝟏 −𝟔
−𝟐𝟕𝟗𝟗𝟑𝟓
𝑎1 = 1 𝑺𝟕 =
−𝟓
r=6
n=7 𝑺𝟕 = = 55987