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Lesson 3 Geometric Sequence and Mean

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Geometric

Sequence
and Mean
Geometric Sequence
A sequence in which each
successive term is found by
multiplying the previous term by
a fixed number, is called a
Geometric sequence.

The number that binds each


sequence together is called the
common ratio, denoted by r.
The common ratio or r can be
obtained by dividing any of the
two consecutive terms in a
geometric sequence, thus
where n is any positive integer
greater than 1.
Example: Determine the common
ratio of each geometric sequence.
a. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, . . .
Solution
a. Let

or
Solution
a. Let

or
Solution
a. Let

or
Solution
a. Let

or

∴ The common ratio (r) is 2


b. 4, 12, 36, 108, . . .
Solution
b. Let

or

∴ The common ratio (r) is 3


c. -4, 8, -16, 32, -64, . . .
Solution
c. Let

or

∴ The common ratio (r) is -2


Formula for Geometric
Sequence
Thus, the nth term of a
geometric sequence is

Where:
is nth term
is the first term
n is the number of terms
r is the common ratio
Example 1: Find the 8th term of the
geometric sequence 3, 6, 12, 24, . . .
Solution
𝒏− 𝟏
𝒂𝒏 =𝒂 𝟏 𝒓

or
Solve for the 8th term
𝒏− 𝟏
𝒂𝒏 =𝒂 𝟏 𝒓
𝒂𝟖 = ( 𝟑 ) (𝟐 ¿ ¿ 𝟖 − 𝟏 ) ¿
𝒂𝟖 = ( 𝟑 ) (𝟐 ¿ ¿ 𝟕 ) ¿
𝒂𝟖 =(𝟑 )(𝟏𝟐𝟖 )
𝒂𝟖 =( 𝟑𝟖𝟒 )
∴ The 8th term of the geometric
sequence is 384.
Example 2: Find the 10th term of the
geometric sequence if the 2nd and 6th
terms are 15 and 1 215, respectively
Solution
𝒏 − 𝟏
𝒂𝒏 =𝒂 𝟏 𝒓

At the 2nd term,


𝒏 − 𝟏
𝒂𝒏 =𝒂 𝟏 𝒓
𝟐 −𝟏
𝒂𝟐 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓
Equation 1
At the 6th term,
𝒏 − 𝟏
𝒂𝒏 =𝒂 𝟏 𝒓
𝟔 −𝟏
𝒂𝟔 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓
Equation 2
Divide equation 2 by equation 1
𝟓
𝟏𝟐𝟏 𝟓=𝒂𝟏 𝒓
𝟏
𝟏𝟓=𝒂𝟏 𝒓
𝟒
𝟖 𝟏= 𝒓
√ 𝟖𝟏= √ 𝒓
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒

𝟑 =𝒓
Solve for substitute in equation 1
Equation 1
𝟏𝟓 𝟑 𝒂 𝟏
𝟏𝟓=𝒂𝟏 (𝟑) 𝟏𝟓=𝟑 𝒂 𝟏 =
𝟏
𝟑 𝟑
𝟓=𝒂 𝟏
After obtaining and , substitute in the
geometric sequence formula aqnd solve
for 𝒂 =(𝟓)(𝟑)
𝟗
𝒏− 𝟏 𝟏𝟎
𝒂𝒏 =𝒂 𝟏 𝒓 𝒂 =(𝟓)(𝟏𝟗 𝟔𝟖𝟑)
𝟏𝟎−𝟏 𝟏𝟎
𝒂𝟏𝟎 =(𝟓)(𝟑) 𝒂𝟏𝟎 =(𝟗𝟖 𝟒𝟏𝟓)
∴ The 10th term of the geometric
sequence is 98 415.
Geometric Mean

We described arithmetic means


as the terms between two terms
of an arithmetic sequence.
Similarly, a geometric sequence
means are the terms between
two term in a geometric
sequence.
Example 1: Give the two geometric
means between 1 and 125.
Solution
Since we want to insert two terms,
we are considering here 4 terms.
Let and use the formula

Solve for common ratio.


𝒏− 𝟏
𝟏𝟐𝟓=(𝟏)𝒓 𝟓=𝒓
𝟑
𝒂𝒏 =𝒂 𝟏 𝒓
𝟒−𝟏 𝟑
𝒂𝟒 =𝒂 𝟏 𝒓 𝟏𝟐𝟓=𝒓
√𝟏𝟐𝟓=√ 𝒓
𝟒− 𝟏 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏𝟐𝟓=(𝟏)𝒓
Find for and
𝟐 −𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏
𝒂𝟐=𝒂𝟏 𝒓 𝒂𝟑=𝒂𝟏 𝒓
𝟐− 𝟏 𝟐
𝒂𝟐=(𝟏)(𝟓) 𝒂𝟑=(𝟏)(𝟓)
𝒂𝟐=(𝟏)(𝟓)
𝟐− 𝟏
𝒂𝟑=(𝟏)(𝟐𝟓)
𝟏
𝒂𝟐 =(𝟏)(𝟓) 𝒂𝟑 =𝟐𝟓
𝒂𝟐 =𝟓
∴ The geometric means between 1
and 125 are 5 and 25.
Example 2: Find the three geometric
means between 4 and 324.
Solution
We are going to insert 3 terms
between 4 and 324, so there are 5
terms in the sequence.
Let and use the formula
𝟒
𝟑𝟐𝟒 𝟒 𝒓
Solve for common ratio. =
𝒏− 𝟏 𝟒 𝟒
𝒂𝒏 =𝒂 𝟏 𝒓 𝟒

𝒂𝟓=𝒂𝟏 𝒓
𝟓 −𝟏
𝟒
√
𝟑𝟐𝟒=(𝟒) 𝒓𝟒 𝟖𝟏=𝟒 𝒓 𝟑
√
𝟑𝟐𝟒=(𝟒)𝒓
𝟓 −𝟏 𝟑𝟐𝟒=𝟒𝒓 𝟑=𝒓
Find for , and
𝟐 −𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏
𝒂𝟐=𝒂𝟏 𝒓 𝒂𝟑=𝒂𝟏 𝒓
𝟐 −𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏
𝒂𝟐=(𝟒)(𝟑) 𝒂𝟑=(𝟒)(𝟑)
𝟏 𝟐
𝒂𝟐 =(𝟒)(𝟑) 𝒂𝟑 =(𝟒)(𝟑)
𝒂𝟐 =𝟏𝟐 𝒂𝟑 =𝟑𝟔
𝟒−𝟏
𝒂𝟒 =𝒂 𝟏 𝒓
𝟒− 𝟏 ∴ The geometric
𝒂𝟒 =(𝟒) (𝟑)
𝟑
means between 4
𝒂𝟒 =(𝟒) (𝟑) and 324 are 12, 36,
𝒂𝟒 =𝟏𝟎𝟖 and 108.
Activity 5.A: Find the
common ratio of each
geometric sequence.
1. 2, 8, 32, 128, . . .
2. 5, 15, 45, 135, . . .
3. 8, 4, 2, 1, . . .
4. 12, 36, 108, 324, . . .
5. 4, 28, 196, 1 372, . . .
Activity 5.B: Determine the
indicated term in each
geometric sequence.
1. -3, 6, -12, 24, -48, . . . 20th term
2. 2, 8, 32, 128, . . . 10th term
3. 5, 15, 45, . . . 12th term
4. 4, 12, 36, 108, . . . 18th term
5. 2, 10, 50, 250, . . . 15th term
Activity 5.C: Find the 3
geometric mean between the
given numbers.
1. 11 and 72
2. 2 and 1 250
3. 1 and 320
4. 1 and 87
5. 8 and 124
Assignment 3:

Answer page 23
“Follow-up Practice”
Numbers from 1-12
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