Scribd
Upload
5 views

Geometric Sequence

The document discusses geometric sequences, illustrating their properties and providing examples of finding common ratios, nth terms, and sums. It explains how to identify patterns in sequences and calculate specific terms and sums based on given parameters. Additionally, it includes exercises for inserting geometric means and deriving formulas for geometric sequences.

Uploaded by

Melvyn Imperial lll
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
5 views

Geometric Sequence

The document discusses geometric sequences, illustrating their properties and providing examples of finding common ratios, nth terms, and sums. It explains how to identify patterns in sequences and calculate specific terms and sums based on given parameters. Additionally, it includes exercises for inserting geometric means and deriving formulas for geometric sequences.

Uploaded by

Melvyn Imperial lll
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 15

Geometric

Sequence
Illustration of Geometric Sequence
No. of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cuts
2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512
No. of
CutPieces
the paper in half. Stack the halves. Cut the stack in half.
Continue stacking and cutting the paper into strips into half.

1. Is there a pattern in the number of pieces? If yes, describe it.

2. Find the next 5 terms in the given table after the fourth cut.

3. Define geometric sequence based on the number of pieces


given above.
Geometric Sequence
In geometric, the ratio of any two consecutive
terms is constant. The constant ratio is called a
common ratio represented by r.

2 4 8 16 32
4 8 16 32
2 4 8 16
¿2 ¿2 ¿2 ¿2

The given sequence above is an example of geometric sequence


with common ratio of 2.
Identify the common ratio in each geometric
sequence

1 , 3 , 9 , 27 , 81 , …

32 , −16 , 8 ,− 4 ,2 , −1 , …

3 3 3 3
, , , ,…
2 8 32 128
1 , 3 , 9 , 27 , 81 , …
Common ratio (r) is ratio of any two consecutive terms.

81
𝑟=
27
¿3

9
𝑟=
3
¿3
Therefore the common ration of
the geometric sequence is 3.
32 , −16 , 8 ,− 4 ,2 , −1 , …
Common ratio (r) is ratio of any two consecutive terms.

− 16 1
𝑟= ¿−
32 2

2 1
𝑟= ¿−
−4 2
Therefore the common ration of
the geometric sequence is .
3 3 3 3
, , , ,…
2 8 32 128
Common ratio (r) is ratio of any two consecutive terms.

𝑟=
( )
3
8
𝑟=
( 3
32)
( 32 ) (8)
3

3 2 3 8
𝑟 =¿8 ∙ 3 𝑟 =¿32 ∙ 3
Therefore the common
6 1 24 1 ration of the geometric
𝑟 =¿ 24 ¿ 4 𝑟 =¿ 96 ¿ 4 sequence is .
Nth term of Geometric
Sequence
𝑛 −1
𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 1 ∙ 𝑟

a 1= first term

r =common ratio
Find the 8th term of the geometric
sequence
48 , 24 , 12 ,6 , 3 , … 𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 1 ∙ 𝑟
𝑛 −1

()
𝑎 1=¿ 48 8 −1
𝑎 8=¿ 48 ∙
1
1 2
𝑟 =¿
2
1
𝑎 8= 48 ∙
𝑛=¿ 8 128

48 3
𝑎 8= ¿
128 8
Find the first term of the sequence with fourth
term -40 and common ration -2.
𝑎 4 =− 40 𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 1 ∙ 𝑟 𝑛 −1
𝑟 =−2
− 40=¿𝑎 1 ∙( − 2 )4 −1
𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 4 =− 40
𝑎
− 40=¿ 1 ∙ ( − 2 ) 3

𝑛=4
− 40=¿ − 8 𝑎1

First term of a sequence − 40


with fourth term of -40 and
𝑎 1=
−8
¿5
common ratio of -2 is 5.
Write a formula for the nth term of the
geometric sequence below.
𝑛 −1
1 1 1 𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 1 ∙ 𝑟
32 , 8 , 2 , , , , …
2 8 32

( )
𝑛 −1
𝑎 𝑛 =¿ 32 ∙
1
𝑎 1=¿ 32
4
1
𝑟 =¿
4

( )
𝑛−1
1
𝑎 𝑛 =32
4
Sum of Geometric Sequence

𝑛
𝑎 1 (1 − 𝑟 )
Finite 𝑆 𝑛=
1 −𝑟

𝑎1
Infinite 𝑆∞=
1 −𝑟
− 1<𝑟 <1
Find the sum of first 12 terms of the
geometric sequence 3, -9, 27, -81, 243,….

𝑛=¿12 𝑎 1 (1 −𝑟 𝑛 ) 3(− 531,440)


𝑆 𝑛= 𝑆 12 =
1 −𝑟 4
𝑟 =¿ −3
12
3(1 −(−3) ) − 1,594,320
𝑎 1=¿ 3 𝑆 12 = 𝑆 12=
1 −(− 3) 4

3(1 − 531,441)
𝑆 12 = 𝑆 12 =−398,580
4
Find the sum of the geometric sequence
𝑎1
𝑆∞=
1 −𝑟
− 1<𝑟 <1
𝑎 1=¿ 1
1
1 𝑆∞=
𝑟 =¿ 1
2 1−
2

1 1
− 1< <1 𝑆∞=
2 1
2

𝑆 ∞ =2
Insert two geometric means between 7 and 875.

𝟕 𝟖𝟕𝟓
Identify 2nd and 3rd
Solve for r
term
𝑛 −1
𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 1 ∙ 𝑟 2− 1
𝑎 2=7 ∙5
875=¿ 7 ∙ 𝑟 4 −1 𝑎 2=7 ∙5 ¿ 35
3 875
𝑟 =¿
7 3 −1
𝑎 3= 7 ∙5
𝑟 3 =¿125
𝑎 2=7 ∙5
2
¿ 175
𝑟 =¿5

You might also like