Geometric Progression
A sequence of number where each term is formed by multiplying a constant to the previous term.
\(S_n=\dfrac{a(1-r^n)}{1-r}\)
\(S_n=\dfrac{a(r^n-1)}{r-1}\)
where \(r\neq 1\)
\(S_{\infty}=\dfrac{a}{1-r}\)
\(S_1=T_1=a\)
\(T_n=S_n-S_{n-1}\)
Given the \(4\)th term and the \(6\)th term of a geometric progression is \(24\) and \(10\dfrac{2}{3}\) respectively.
Find the \(8\)th term if all the terms are positive.
Note that
\(\begin{array}{ll} ar^3=24 && (1)\\ ar^5=10\dfrac{2}{3}=\dfrac{32}{3} && (2) \end{array}\)
\((2)\div (1):\\ \begin{aligned} \dfrac{ar^5}{ar^3}&= \dfrac{32}{3}\times \dfrac{1}{24}\\ r^2&=\dfrac{4}{9}\\ r&= \pm \dfrac{2}{3}. \end{aligned}\) Since all the terms are positive, then \(r=\dfrac{2}{3}\). \(\begin{aligned} a\times \left(\dfrac{2}{3}\right)^3&=24\\ a \times \dfrac{8}{27}&=24\\ a&= 24\times \dfrac{27}{8}\\ a&=81. \end{aligned}\)
Therefore,
\(T_8=81\left(\dfrac{2}{3}\right)^7=\dfrac{128}{27}.\)
Find the smallest number of terms, \(n\) of the geometric progression \(18, 6, 2, \dfrac{2}{3}...\) such that \(T_n\) is less than \(0.0003\).
Hence, find \(T_n\).
\(a=18\) and \(r=\dfrac{6}{18}=\dfrac{1}{3}\).
\(\begin{aligned}T_n &\lt 0.0003\\ 18 \times \left(\dfrac{1}{3}\right)^{n-1} &\lt 0.0003\\ \left(\dfrac{1}{3}\right)^{n-1} &\lt \dfrac{0.0003}{18}\\ \log \left(\dfrac{1}{3}\right)^{n-1} &\lt \log \dfrac{0.0003}{18}\\ (n-1)\log \left(\dfrac{1}{3}\right) &\lt \log \dfrac{0.0003}{18}\\ n-1 &\gt \cfrac{\log \cfrac{0.0003}{18}}{\log \cfrac{1}{3}}\\ n-1 &\gt 10.01\\ n &\gt 11.01. \end{aligned}\) \(\therefore n=12.\)
\(T_{12}=18\left(\dfrac{1}{3}\right)^{11}=0.0001016.\)
Express each recurring decimals below as a single fraction in its lowest term.
\(0.7777... \\= 0.7+0.07+0.007+...\)
Note that \(a=0.7\) and \(r=\dfrac{0.07}{0.7}= 0.1\).
\(\begin{aligned}S_{\infty}&=\dfrac{a}{1-r}\\&=\dfrac{0.7}{1-0.1}\\&= \dfrac{0.7}{0.9}\\&= \dfrac{7}{9}. \end{aligned}\)
\(0.151515...\\=0.15+0.0015+0.000015...\)
Note that \(a=0.15\) and \(r=\dfrac{0.0015}{0.15}= 0.01\).
\(\begin{aligned}S_{\infty}&=\dfrac{a}{1-r}\\&=\dfrac{0.15}{1-0.01}\\&= \dfrac{0.15}{0.99}\\&= \dfrac{15}{99}\\ &= \dfrac{5}{33}. \end{aligned}\)
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