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Kemh 108

The document presents exercises related to sequences and series, specifically focusing on geometric progressions (G.P.). It includes problems for finding specific terms, establishing relationships between terms, and calculating sums of G.P.s. Additionally, it poses questions requiring the determination of common ratios and terms based on given conditions.

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Kemh 108

The document presents exercises related to sequences and series, specifically focusing on geometric progressions (G.P.). It includes problems for finding specific terms, establishing relationships between terms, and calculating sums of G.P.s. Additionally, it poses questions requiring the determination of common ratios and terms based on given conditions.

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SEQUENCES AND SERIES 145

Solving (3) and (5), we obtain


a = 4, b = 16 or a = 16, b = 4
Thus, the numbers a and b are 4, 16 or 16, 4 respectively.

EXERCISE 8.2

5 5 5
1. Find the 20th and nth terms of the G.P. , , , ...
2 4 8
2. Find the 12th term of a G.P. whose 8th term is 192 and the common ratio is 2.
3. The 5 th, 8 th and 11 th terms of a G.P. are p, q and s, respectively. Show
that q2 = ps.
4. The 4th term of a G.P. is square of its second term, and the first term is – 3.
Determine its 7th term.
5. Which term of the following sequences:
(a) 2, 2 2 , 4,... is 128 ? (b) 3 ,3,3 3 ,... is729 ?
1 1 1 1
(c) , , ,... is ?
3 9 27 19683

2 7
6. For what values of x, the numbers – , x, – are in G.P.?
7 2
Find the sum to indicated number of terms in each of the geometric progressions in
Exercises 7 to 10:
7. 0.15, 0.015, 0.0015, ... 20 terms.
8. 7 , 21 , 3 7 , ... n terms.
9. 1, – a, a2, – a3, ... n terms (if a ≠ – 1).
10. x3, x5, x7, ... n terms (if x ≠ ± 1).

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11. Evaluate ∑ (2 + 3k ) .
k =1

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12. The sum of first three terms of a G.P. is and their product is 1. Find the
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common ratio and the terms.
13. How many terms of G.P. 3, 32, 33, … are needed to give the sum 120?
14. The sum of first three terms of a G.P. is 16 and the sum of the next three terms is
128. Determine the first term, the common ratio and the sum to n terms of the G.P.
15. Given a G.P. with a = 729 and 7th term 64, determine S7.

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