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SILT
LIST

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IIINNEFT
INFINITE

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CUTNINFO
FUNCTION

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IAMDON
DOMAIN

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QUEENCES
SEQUENCE

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SEQUENCES
CHAPTER 1

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Generating Patterns
Lesson 1

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 Chapter 1: Sequences
• Generating Patterns
• Illustrating an Arithmetic Sequence
• Arithmetic Means and nth Term of an Arithmetic Sequence
• Arithmetic Series
• Geometric Sequences vs. Arithmetic Sequences
• Finding the nth Term of a Geometric Sequence and Geometric
Means
• Geometric Series
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 Identifying patterns
Find what’s next in the following list of objects.
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1. R, O, Y, G, __
2. Triangle, Quadrilateral, Pentagon, __ Hexagon
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3. 1, 7, 13, 19, __
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4. 1, -2, 4, -8, __
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5. J, F, M, A, M, __
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 Identifying patterns
Find what’s next in the following list of objects.
6. 1, 4, 9, 16, __25
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7. 1/5, 1/8, 1/11, 1/14, __
8. H, He, Li, __Be
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9. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, __
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10.O, T, T, F, F, __
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 What is a sequence?
• A sequence is a list of things that follow a
particular pattern/order.
• Each item in a sequence is called term.
• The first term, second term, third term, and so
on are denoted by , and so on.

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 Finite & Infinite
• A sequence that has a last term is a finite sequence.
ex. 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15
1, 2, 3, 4, . . ., 100

• A sequence that has no last term is called an infinite

sequence.
ex. 8, 4, 2, 1, ½, ¼, . . .
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 Sequence as a Function
• A sequence is a function whose domain is the set of all
natural numbers {1, 2, 3, …} or the set {1, 2, 3, …, n}.

Domain: 1, 2, 3, …, n  finite sequence

Domain: 1, 2, 3, …  infinite sequence

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 Sequence as a Function
f(x) = 2x + 3 linear function
f(-2) = 2(-2) + 3 = -1 Domain:
f(-1) = 2(-1) + 3 = 1 Set of all real numbers
f(0) = 2(0) + 3 = 3 …, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...
f(1) = 2(1) + 3 = 5
f(2) = 2(2) + 3 = 7
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Sequence as a Function
 nth term
Domain: 1, 2, 3, 4, …

Sequence: 5, 7, 9, 11, . . .
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 nth Term of a Sequence
• The nth term of a sequence, denoted by , is called the
general term of a sequence. It represents each and
every term of a sequence.

• For this course, the nth term of the sequence is an

explicit formula represented by a function of n.

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Examples of nth Term formula

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 Listing of Terms of a Sequence
Find the first four terms of the sequence whose th term is .
Solution:
Domain: 1, 2, 3, 4

The first four terms are 5, 7, 9, 11. 19

 Listing of Terms of a Sequence
Find the first five terms of each sequence given its nth
term.

-1, 3, 7, 11, 15
10, 20, 40, 80, 160
3, 3/2, 1, 3/4, 3/5
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 Finding Specified Terms
Find the sixth term of the sequence .
Solution:

let n = 6

perform the operations

simplify, if possible

The sixth term of the sequence is -8.

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 How to find the nth Term:
• If the pattern is addition of a common number, the
nth term follows the function

• If the pattern is multiplication of a common

number, the nth term follows the function

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 How to find the nth Term:
Illustrative Examples
1. Find the th term of the sequence 7, 13, 19, 25, ….
Solution: pattern: add 6

nth term:
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 How to find the nth Term:
Illustrative Examples
2. Find the th term of the sequence 10, 8, 6, ….
Solution: pattern: add –2

nth term:
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 How to find the nth Term:
Illustrative Examples
3. Find the th term of the sequence 1, 3, 9, 27, ….
Solution: pattern: multiply 3

nth term: 25
 How to find the nth Term:
Illustrative Examples
4. Find the th term of the sequence 20, 10, 5, ….
Solution: pattern: multiply 1/2

nth term:
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Activity 1 (Key to Correction)
For each sequence, identify if finite or infinite, find the next term and the indicated
term, and determine the nth term.
Finite or Next Specified
Sequence nth Term
Infinite Term Term
2, 11, 20, 29, . . . Infinite 38

or or
5, 10, 20, 40, . . . , 5120 Finite 80

23, 19, 15, 11, . . ., -53 Finite 7

1, Infinite 1/125

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Thank you
and
God bless.
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