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Ch 6.3 - Geometric Sequences Date________________

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Determine if the sequence is geometric. If it is, find the common ratio and the three terms in the sequence
after the last one given.

1) −1, −2, −4, −8, ... 2) 2, 4, 8, 16, ...

3) 4, −16, 64, −256, ... 4) 4, 16, 36, 64, ...

Determine if the sequence is geometric. If it is, find the common ratio, the term named in the problem, and
the general formula (an).

5) −3, 6, −12, 24, ... 6) 2, 4, 7, 11, ...

Find a10 Find a11

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 7) −2, −4, −8, −16, ... 8) −3, −9, −27, −81, ...
Find a9 Find a12

9) −4, 12, −36, 108, ... 10) −2, −8, −32, −128, ...
Find a11 Find a10

Given the first term and the common ratio of a geometric sequence find the term named in the problem and
the explicit formula.

11) a1 = −1, r = −5 12) a1 = −1, r = −2

Find a9 Find a12

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 13) a1 = −4, r = 2 14) a1 = −3, r = 3
Find a10 Find a11

Given the second term and the common ratio of a geometric sequence find the term named in the problem
and the explicit formula.

15) a2 = −6, r = 2 16) a2 = 8, r = 2

Find a11 Find a10

17) a2 = −12, r = −3 18) a2 = −4, r = −2

Find a12 Find a9

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 Given a term in a geometric sequence and the common ratio find the term named in the problem and the
explicit formula.

19) a6 = −128, r = −2 20) a6 = −729, r = −3

Find a11 Find a10

21) a1 = −4, r = 2 22) a4 = 8, r = 2

Find a9 Find a12

Given two terms in a geometric sequence find the term named in the problem and the explicit formula.

23) a6 = −128 and a3 = −16 24) a5 = 48 and a4 = 24

Find a12 Find a9

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 25) a1 = −2 and a3 = −32 26) a5 = 324 and a3 = 36
Find a10 Find a12

27) a2 = 9 and a4 = 81 28) a2 = −12 and a4 = −108

Find a11 Find a9

Find the missing term or terms in each geometric sequence.

29) ..., −1, ___, −4, ... 30) ..., 4, ___, 100, ...

31) ..., −1, ___, −36, ... 32) ..., −3, ___, −108, ...

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 Answers to Ch 6.3 - Geometric Sequences
1) Common Ratio: r = 2 2) Common Ratio: r = 2
Next 3 terms: −16, −32, −64 Next 3 terms: 32, 64, 128
3) Common Ratio: r = −4 4) Not geometric
Next 3 terms: 1024, −4096, 16384
5) Common Ratio: r = −2 6) Not geometric 7) Common Ratio: r = 2
a10 = 1536 a9 = −512
n−1 n−1
Explicit: an = −3 ⋅ (−2) Explicit: an = −2 ⋅ 2
8) Common Ratio: r = 3 9) Common Ratio: r = −3 10) Common Ratio: r = 4
a12 = −531441 a11 = −236196 a10 = −524288
n−1 n−1 n−1
Explicit: an = −3 ⋅ 3 Explicit: an = −4 ⋅ (−3) Explicit: an = −2 ⋅ 4
11) a9 = −390625 12) a12 = 2048 13) a10 = −2048
n−1 n−1 n−1
Explicit: an = −(−5) Explicit: an = −(−2) Explicit: an = −4 ⋅ 2
14) a11 = −177147 15) a11 = −3072 16) a10 = 2048
n−1 n−1
Explicit: an = −3 ⋅ 3 Explicit: an = −3 ⋅ 2 Explicit: an = 4 ⋅ 2 n − 1
17) a12 = −708588 18) a9 = 512 19) a11 = 4096
n−1 n−1 n−1
Explicit: an = 4 ⋅ (−3) Explicit: an = 2 ⋅ (−2) Explicit: an = 4 ⋅ (−2)
20) a10 = −59049 21) a9 = −1024 22) a12 = 2048
n−1 n−1 n−1
Explicit: an = 3 ⋅ (−3) Explicit: an = −4 ⋅ 2 Explicit: an = 2
23) a12 = −8192 24) a9 = 768 25) a10 = −524288
n−1 n−1 n−1
Explicit: an = −4 ⋅ 2 Explicit: an = 3 ⋅ 2 Explicit: an = −2 ⋅ 4
26) a12 = −708588 27) a11 = 177147 28) a9 = −26244
n−1 n−1
Explicit: an = 4 ⋅ (−3) Explicit: an = 3 ⋅ 3 Explicit: an = −4 ⋅ 3 n − 1
29) −2 30) 20 31) −6 32) −18

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