FINITE geometric

series

INFINITE geometric
series
converges (has a sum).
INFINITE geometric series
diverges (does not have a
 1) What is the 6th term of the geometric

sequence if the first term is 6 and the

a6 = 6(2)
common
5 192
ratio is 2?
 2) What is the 5th term of the geometric
sequence if the first term is - 4 and the

common ratio is 0.5?

a5 = – 4(0.5) 4
– 0.25
 3) What is the 10th term of the geometric

sequence if the first term is 1.25 and

the common ratio is 3?
a10 = 1.25(3) 9
24603.75
131072 = 2(4)n – 1
65536 = (4)n – 1
65536 = (4)n (4)– 1 4) How many terms are in the
65536 = (4)n (1/4) sequence 2, 8, 32, …, 131072?

65536(4) = (4)n
9
262144 = (4)n
(4)9 = (4)n n=9
- 234375 = a(- 5)8 – 1
- 234375 = a(- 5) 7 5) What is first term of the geometric
sequence if the common ratio is – 5
- 234375 = a(-78125) and 8th term is – 234375?
=a
3
3=a
567= 7r5 – 1
567= 7r4 6) What is the common ratio of the
geometric sequence if the first term
=r 4
is 7 and the 5th term is 567?

= r4
±3
√ 81= √ r 4
4 4

=r
-0.000006 = - 6r7 – 1

=r 6 7) What is the common ratio of the

geometric sequence if the first term
0.000001= r6 is - 6 and the 7th term is – 0.000006?

√ 0.000001= √ r 6 ± 0.1 or ± 1/10

6 6

=r
GM =± √(2)(8)
GM =± √ 16 8) What is the geometric mean
between 2 and 8?
GM =± 4
- 4 or 4
GM =± √(25)(4)
GM =± √ 100 9) What is the geometric mean
between 25 and 4?
GM =± 10
– 10 or 10
5, __,___, 40
r=
10) Insert 2 geometric means
r= between 5 and 40?

r= 2
5, 10, 20, 40
2500, __,__, __, 4
r=
11) Insert 3 geometric means
r= between 2500 and 4?

r = ± 0.2 2500, 500, 100, 20, 4

2500, – 500, 100, – 20, 4
0.25, __,__,__, __, 256
r=
12) Insert 4 geometric means
r= between 0.25 and 256?

r=4 0.25, 1, 4, 16, 64, 256

 𝟐𝟓𝟎 ( 𝟏 − 𝟎 .𝟐 )
𝟔
𝑺𝟔=
𝟏 −𝟎 . 𝟐
13) Find the sum of the first 6 terms
𝟐𝟓𝟎 (𝟎 .𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟑𝟔)
𝑺 𝟔= of the geometric sequence
𝟎.𝟖
250, 50, 10, …
𝟐𝟒𝟗 .𝟗𝟖𝟒
𝑺 𝟔=
𝟎 .𝟖 312.48
𝑺𝟔=𝟑𝟏𝟐 . 𝟒𝟖
 𝟐 (𝟏 − 𝟕 )
𝟖
𝑺𝟖=
𝟏 −𝟕
14) Find the sum of the first 8 terms
𝟐(− 𝟓𝟕𝟔𝟒𝟖𝟎𝟎) of the geometric sequence
𝑺 𝟔=
−𝟔 2, 14, 98, 686, …
−𝟏𝟏𝟓𝟐𝟗𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝑺𝟔=
−𝟔 1,921,600
𝑺𝟔=𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎
 𝟑𝟔
𝑺=
𝟐
𝟏−
𝟑
𝟑𝟔 15) Find the sum of the infinite
𝑺=
𝟏 geometric series 36 + 24 + 16 +…
𝟑
𝑺=𝟑𝟔(𝟑)
108
INFINITE geometric
𝑺=𝟏𝟎𝟖 series converges (has a
sum).
 17) Find the sum of the infinite
𝟏
𝑺= geometric series
𝟏 − 𝟎 .𝟓
1 + 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.125 + …
𝟏
𝑺=
𝟎.𝟓
2
𝑺 =𝟐
INFINITE geometric
series converges (has a
sum).
18) Find the sum of the
infinite geometric series
1+ 3 + 9 + 27 + …

no sum
geometric series diverges
(does not have a sum)
 𝟖𝟏
𝑺=
𝟏
𝟏−
𝟑

𝑺=
𝟖𝟏 19) Find the sum of the infinite
𝟐 geometric series 81 + 27 + 9 + 3, …
𝟑
𝟑
𝑺=𝟖𝟏( )
𝟐 243/2 or 121.5
𝟐𝟒𝟑 INFINITE geometric
𝑺=
𝟐 series converges (has a
20) Find the sum of the infinite
geometric series 5 + 20 + 80 + 320 + …

no sum
INFINITE geometric series
diverges (does not have a sum)