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This document discusses geometric sequences and series. It defines geometric means as the terms between the extremes of a geometric sequence. It provides formulas to find individual terms, geometric means, and the sum of finite and infinite geometric sequences. Examples are provided to demonstrate finding individual terms, geometric means, and summing finite sequences using the appropriate formulas.

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Geometric Mean (Autosaved)

This document discusses geometric sequences and series. It defines geometric means as the terms between the extremes of a geometric sequence. It provides formulas to find individual terms, geometric means, and the sum of finite and infinite geometric sequences. Examples are provided to demonstrate finding individual terms, geometric means, and summing finite sequences using the appropriate formulas.

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MATH

10
Review:

Find the 5th and 10th term of geometric sequence whose 1st term is 4
and common ratio is 2.
Solution:  
 

 
 

 
 

   

   
Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, you will determine geometric


means and sum of the terms of a given geometric
sequence by:
a) defining the geometric means and series.
b) inserting geometric means between two
extremes.
c) applying the formula in finding the sum of
geometric sequence.
GEOMETRIC MEAN

A geometric mean is the term between the extremes of a


geometric sequence. In the geometric sequence a1, a2, a3 …,an-1 ,an ,
the geometric means are a2 ,…,a3 ,…,an-1 .

The geometric mean between two numbers a1 and a2 is


 

a. (if both numbers are positive), and

b. - (if a1 and a2 are negative).


Example 1: Insert a geometric mean between 1 and 10.
Solution:
 
m1 =

m1 =

m1 =
Example 2: Insert two geometric means between 3 and 81.  
Solution:
First,
 
find . Find a2 and a3.
 
= 3 ; n=4 ; =81 = m1 = = 3(3)= 9
 

=  m2 = = 3()= 27
an = a1
a4 = a1
= 27
=3
Now let’s try
Find three geometric means between 2 and 50.

Find the value of r. Find , and .


 

 
 
=3 = m1 = = 2
a5 = a1 = m2 = = 2= 2(5) = 10
= 25 = m3 = = 2= 2(5 )
= = 10
=
GEOMETRIC SERIES
The sum of the terms of a geometric sequence is called geometric series.
There are two types of geometric series: (a) finite geometric series and (b)
infinite geometric series.
Finite Geometric Series
  A finite geometric series represents the sum of a finite of terms in a geometric
sequence.
There are two formulas for the sum of terms of a finite geometric sequence.
• , ≠ 1 (when the last term is unknown)
• , ≠ 1 (when the last term is known)
Example:

 
Find the sum of the indicated terms of the geometric sequence when = 3 , = 2 and = 48.

Solution
 
Using

 
Example:
Find the sum of the first 4 terms of the geometric sequence 6, 18,54, …

Solution
 
 
Find the value of . Using
 
=    

=
   
=3
 
Now let’s try
Find the sum of the first 6 terms of the geometric sequence 10, 15, , …
 
Solution
 
 
Find the value of . Using
 
=    

=
   
=
=  
Infinite Geometric Series
  An infinite geometric series represents the sum of an infinite of
terms in a geometric sequence. When the common ratio is between
-1 and 1 (-1< < 1 ), the value of decreases and converges to zero.

The sum of the terms of an infinite geometric sequence is or .


Example:

 
Find the sum of the terms of an infinite geometric sequence given that = 4 and = .

Solution
 
Using

 
Now let’s try
 
Find the sum of the terms of an infinite geometric sequence given that = 5 and = .

Solution
 
Using
 

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