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Geometric Seq and Series
Geometric Seq and Series
Geometric Seq and Series
Geometric Sequences
and Series
An infinite sequence is a function whose domain
is the set of positive integers.
a1, a2, a3, a4, . . . , an, . . .
terms
a1 = 7 r 21 3
7
an = a1rn – 1 = 7(3)n – 1
a9 = 7(3)9 – 1 = 7(3)8
= 7(6561) = 45,927
a a a
i 1
i 1 2 a3 a4 an
n1
4 n
41
4 2
4 3
4 4
4 5
4 16 64 256 1024
1364
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The sum of a finite geometric sequence is given by
n n
Sn a1r i 1
a1 1 r .
i 1
1 r
n=8
a1 = 5 r 10 2
5
S n a1 1
1 r
r n
5 1
1 2
28
5 1 256 5 255 1275
1 2 1
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The sum of the terms of an infinite geometric
sequence is called a geometric series.
i 0
1 r
a1 3
S
1 r
1 1
3
3 3 3 3 9
1 1 4 4 4
3 3