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The document is a tutorial for CSI131 Discrete Structures 1, focusing on sequences and summations with various problems to solve. It includes questions on identifying arithmetic and geometric sequences, writing terms based on given formulas, evaluating series, and deriving explicit formulas for sequences. The tutorial is structured to be completed in a 2-hour duration and requires the attempt of all questions.

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Tutorial SequencesAndSummations

The document is a tutorial for CSI131 Discrete Structures 1, focusing on sequences and summations with various problems to solve. It includes questions on identifying arithmetic and geometric sequences, writing terms based on given formulas, evaluating series, and deriving explicit formulas for sequences. The tutorial is structured to be completed in a 2-hour duration and requires the attempt of all questions.

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CSI131 Discrete Structures 1

Tutorial Sequences and Summations


DURATION: 2HOURS
Attempt all questions.

1. Is each sequence arithmetic? If so, find the common difference.

(a) {1, 2, 4, 8, 16, · · · }


(b) {−3, 1, 5, 9, 13, · · · }

2. Write the first five terms of the arithmetic sequence with a1 = 17 and
d = −3.

3. List the first four terms of the geometric sequence with a1 = 5 and
r = −2.

4. Is the sequence geometric? If so, find the common ratio.

(a) {1, 2, 4, 8, 16, · · · }


(b) {48, 12, 4, 2, · · · }

5. Write the first 5 terms of the sequence defined by the following explicit
formula for n ≥ 1:

(a) −(−5)n−1
2n
(b) n3
(−1)n n2
(c) an = n+1

6. Evaluate the following series:


P8
(a) r=1 r(r + 1)
P10
(b) k=3 (5k + 2)
P8 j+1
(c) j=0 (2 − 2j )
P8 j j
(d) j=0 (2.3 + 3.2 )

7. Write the first six terms of the sequence defined by the recursive formula
and initial conditions:

1
(a) an = 3an−1 + 4an−2 , a1 = 1, a2 = 2
(b) an = an−1 + an−2 , a0 = 2, a1 = −1

8. Write the first five terms of the sequence defined by the explicit formula
5n
an = (n+2)! .

9. Write an explicit formula for the nth term of each sequence.

(a) {3, 6, 11, 18, 27, 38, 51, · · · }

2 3 4 5 6
(b) {− 11 , − 13 , − 15 , − 17 , − 19 ,···}
2 2 2 2 2
(c) {− 25 , − 125 , − 625 , − 3125 , − 15625 , ···}

(d) {e4 , e5 , e6 , e7 , e8 , · · · }

(e) {9, −81, 729, −6561, 59049, · · · }

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