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TUTORIAL 2 Review Questions

The document contains 10 review questions about arithmetic and geometric sequences. The questions involve finding common differences, common ratios, number of terms, specific terms, and sums of terms for sequences described in the questions. The sequences can be arithmetic, geometric, or a mix of both, and involve solving for various properties of the sequences.

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TUTORIAL 2 Review Questions

The document contains 10 review questions about arithmetic and geometric sequences. The questions involve finding common differences, common ratios, number of terms, specific terms, and sums of terms for sequences described in the questions. The sequences can be arithmetic, geometric, or a mix of both, and involve solving for various properties of the sequences.

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TUTORIAL 1.

2: ARITHMETIC & GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE


REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. The fifth and thirteenth terms of an arithmetic sequence are 25 and 65 respectively. Find the
first term and the common difference. (a=5, d=5)

2. Determine the number of terms for the sequence 70, 64, 58, …, -14. (n=15)

3. The sum of the first twenty terms of an arithmetic sequence is 840. If the common difference
is 4, find
a) the first term. (a=4)
b) the sum of the first thirty terms. (1860)

4. Given a sequence 10, 20, 40, …, 327680.


a) Determine whether the sequence is arithmetic or geometric. Justify your answer.
(Geometric sequence, common ratio=2)
b) Find the number of terms in the sequence. (n=16)
c) Find the sum of the terms from tenth term to the last term. (650240)

5. Given the sequence 22, 18, 14, …, -46. Calculate the number of terms in the sequence. (n=18)

6. The sum of the first two terms of a geometric sequence is 4 and the sum of the first four terms
is 5. Find the common ratio if it is positive. (r= )

7. The fifth term of an arithmetic sequence is 24 and the sum of the first ten terms is 265. Find
the common difference of the sequence. (d=5)

8. Find the sum of the first 50 terms for the sequence -8, -5, -2, 1, … (3275)

9. Given a sequence 4, 12, 36, … . Find the 8th term of the sequence. (8748)

10. The 4th term of a geometric sequence is -96 and the 9th term is -3. Find
a) the common ratio and the first term. (r=0.5, a=-768)
b) the sum of the first five terms. (-1488)

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