Geometric $\sum$ questions 2

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Xiaodan Leng 5 years, 9 months ago

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Name	Status	Author	Last Modified
Geometric $\sum$ questions	Ready to use	joshua boddy	01/06/2016 09:47
Geometric $\sum$ questions 2	Ready to use	joshua boddy	01/06/2016 09:47
Geometric $\sum$ questions 2	draft	Xiaodan Leng	11/07/2019 06:51
Geometric $\sum$ questions 2	draft	Xiaodan Leng	11/07/2019 06:52

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For the following geometric series

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

upsum	integer	12
mult	integer	7
num	integer	3
denom	integer	5
r	rational	3/5
mult2	integer	4
r2	integer	5

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For $\sum\limits_{i=0}^\var{upsum} \frac{1}{\var{mult2}} \times (\var{r2})^{i}$

What is the first term? Gap 0.

What is the common ratio? Gap 1.

What is the value of the sum? Gap 2.

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We will look at solutions for a). The method for b) is exactly the same.

To find the first term, plug in i=0. That is $\frac{1}{\var{mult2}} \times (\var{r2})^{0}=\frac{1}{\var{mult2}}\times 1 = \frac{1}{\var{mult2}}$

To find the common ratio, we look at the $(i+1)$ ^thterm divided by the $i$ ^th term. That is $\frac{\frac{1}{\var{mult2}}\times \simplify{{r2}}^{i}}{\frac{1}{\var{mult2}}\times \simplify{{r2}}^{i-1}} = \var{r2}$

To find the value of the sum, we apply the known formula for a geometric series for finding the sum of the first $n$ terms. That is $S_n = \frac{a_1(1-r^n)}{1-r}$ , where $a_1$ is the first term and $r$ is the common ratio. In our case we have $S_n = \frac{\frac{1}{\var{mult2}}(1-\var{r2}^n)}{1-\var{r2}}$

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