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SEQUENCES AND SERIES 4.a n 2 n 3 n 4
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ARITHEMETIC SEQUENCES AND SERIES
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B. What are the next five terms of each of
SEQUENCES AND SERIES the following sequences?
1. 7, 14, 21, 28, …
A SEQUENCE or PROGRESSION is an
2. 8, 3, -2, -7, …
ordered list of numbers. The numbers in their
3. 3/2, ¾, 3/8, 3/16, …
ordered list are called ELEMENTS or TERMS. A
4. 81, 54, 36, 24, 16, …
SERIES is the value you get when you add up
all the terms of a sequence this value is called
C. Write the general term for each
the SUM.
sequence as suggested by the pattern.
For instance, 1, 2, 3, 4 is a sequence with terms
1. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, …
1, 2, 3 and 4, the corresponding series is the
2. 7, 11, 15, 19. 23, …
sum 1 + 2 + 3 + 4, and the value of the series is
3. 7/2, 19/2, 31/2, 43/2, 55/2, …
10. A sequence maybe named or referred to
4. 1, 5, 12, 22, 35, …
as a or an.
5. 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, …
1. 1, 2, 3, 4 is a sequence of numbers
6. 2, 8, 18, 32, …
which are positive.
2. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, … is also a sequence of
D. Evaluate each notation.
numbers which are multiple of 3. 6
3. 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, … is also a sequence of 1. (2n 1)
numbers which are one greater than the n2
5
multiple of 3 in the second example. 2. 2n 2
n 3
The sum of the first n terms of an The term between any two non-
arithmetic sequence is called an ARITHMETIC consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence is
SERIES and given by the formula called ARITHMETIC MEAN.
n
Sn (a1 a n )
2 EXAMPLE:
where, a1 is the first term, an is the nth term. Answer the following completely.
Since an a1 (n 1)d , we can rewrite the 1. Find the arithmetic mean between in
each of the following.
formula as S n
n
2a1 (n 1)d a. 15 and 71
2
b. 15 and 45
c. 9 and 42
EXAMPLE:
d. a+b and a-b
A. Find the sum of each arithmetic series.
2. Insert four arithmetic means between 15
1. 1 + 5 + 9 + . . . + a25
and 45.
2. 8 + 16 + 24 + . . . + 144
3. Insert three arithmetic means between
3. 200 + 202 + 204 + . . . + 1000
(x+3y) and (9y-5x).
4. 89 + 92 + . . . a100
4. Insert six arithmetic means between -3
5. a1=6, d=3, S6
and 11.
6. a1=15, d=-6, S50
5. Insert six arithmetic means between 4
7. a1=-4/3, d=2/5, S10
and 12.
8. a4=18, a8=30, S15
6. Insert four arithmetic means between 21
and -24.
B. Answer the following completely.
7. The arithmetic mean between two terms
1. Find the sum of the first 25 terms of the
of a sequence is -4. If one of the term is
arithmetic sequence 17, 22, 27, 32, 37.
17, find the other term.
2. Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the
arithmetic sequence if the first term is 21
and the twentieth term is 154.
3. Find the sum of the first eighteen terms
of the arithmetic sequence whose
general term is an=15+8n.
4. Find the sum of the first 100 consecutive
integers.
5. Find the sum of all even integers from 2
to 200.
6. Find the sum of all numbers between 7
and 501 that are divisible by 5.
7. Find the sum of all the odd integers
between -2 and -100.
8. Find the sum of all multiples of 7
between 90 and 708.
9. Find the sum of the first 17 terms is 187
and the 17th term is 27, find the first term
and the common difference of the
arithmetic sequence.