GP&HP

1. Find the fourth term from the end of given GP 2,4,8,16,………,2048.

2. Which term of this progression 18,-12, 8…………………. is 512/729.
3. If pth, qth and rth term of a GP are x, y and z respectively the find the value of xq r .y r p .zpq  ?
4. If 2nd, 3rd and 6th term of an AP are consecutive term of GP, then find the common ratio of GP.
5. Three positive numbers form an increasing GP. If the middle term in this GP is doubled , the new
numbers are in AP . Then common ratio of this GP is-
6. If product of three consecutive term of GP is 512 , if 8 is added to first and 6 is added to second
term then the numbers are in AP , then find all the terms of GP.
7. The first two terms of a geometric progression add up to 12. The sum of the third and the fourth
terms is 48. If the terms of the geometric progression are alternately positive and negative, then the
first term is
8. In a geometric progression consisting of positive terms, each term equals the sum of the next two
terms. Then, the common ratio of the progression equals
9. If the sum of first ten terms of a certain GP is 244 times the sum of its first five terms , then find the
common ratio of that GP.
10. 5th term of a GP is 2, then the product of its 9 terms is
11. Let , be the roots of x2  x  p  0 and ,  be the roots of x2  4x  q  0. If ,,, are in GP,
then the integer values of p and q respectively are
1 1 1
12. Find the value of 9 3.9 9.9 27....... .
13. If first term of an infinite GP is 10 times the sum of all its successive terms, then find its common
ratio.
14. If the sum of infinite GP is 3 and if we square all its terms then the sum of infinite GP is also 3 .Find
first term and common ratio.
15. Sum of infinite numbers of terms in GP is 20 and sum of their square is 100. The common ratio of
GP is-
3
16. Suppose a,b,c are in AP and a2 , b2 , c2 are in GP. If a  b  c and a  b  c  , then find a -
2
17. An infinite GP has first term x and sum 5, then find x-
18. Consider an infinite geometric series with first term a and common ratio r. If its sum is 4 and the
second term is 3/4, then find first term and common ratio.
a a b b c c xy
19. If r>1 , x  a  2  ..... , y  b   2  ..... , z  c  2  4  ..... find 
r r r r r r z
1 1 1 1
20. If 1,2,3……,n are first terms, , , ,....., are common ratio & s1, s2 , s3 ,.....sn are sum of n infinite
2 3 4 n 1
GP then find s1  s2  s3  .....  sn 
x n
21. IF f ( x  y )  f ( x ).f ( y ) x, y  N & f (1)  3 ,  f ( x )  120
x 1
then find n.
. . .
22. Find the fractional value of 2.3 5 4
23. Find the sum of n terms of following series- (i) 5  55  555  ...... (ii) 0.6  0.66  0.666  ...
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24. Insert five GM between 2 and 128 , also find product of all GM.
1 1
25. If G is GM of x and y then the value of  2 
G x
2 2
G  y2
26. If A is one AM and P & Q are two GM between any two numbers then 2A=?
a
27. If AM between two numbers a and b (a>b) is twice of their GM then find .
b
  
28. If x   a ,y  b ,z   c
n0
n

n0
n

n0
n
where a,b,c are in AP and a  1, b  1, c  1, then x, y,z are in-

1 1
29. If 5th and 11th term of HP are & respectively then find its 16th term.
45 69
1 5
30. Find the 6th term of the sequence 2,3 ,1 ,.....
4 9
31. If mth term of HP is n and nth term is m then find its rth term.
32. If x,y,z are in HP (z>y>x) then find log( x  z )  log( x  2y  z ) 
1 1 1
33. If x>1,y>1,z>1 are in GP then , , are in
1  ln x 1  ln y 1  ln z
34. If (m+1)th ,(n+1)th,(r+1)th of an AP are in GP ,If m,n,r are in HP then ratio of common difference to
the first term of AP is
35. If 4 HM are inserted between 2/3 and 2/13 then find second mean.
36. The AM and HM between two numbers are 27and 12 respectively , then find their GM.
37. If the AM between two numbers exceeds their GM by 2 and GM exceed their HM by 8/5, find the
numbers.
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ANS:-

1.256 2.9 3.1 4.1,3 5. 2  3 6.4,8,16 7.-12

8.
1
2
 5 1  9.3 10.512 11.-2,-32 12.3 13.
1
11
14.
3 1
,
2 2
3 1 1 1 ab n  n  3
15. 16.  17. 0  x  10 18. 3, 19. 20. 21.4
5 2 2 4 c 2
p3  q 3
22.
2352
999
23.(i)
5
81
2
10n 1  10  9n  (ii) n 
3
2
27
  G
1
1  10  n 24.4,8,16,32,64 25. 2 26.
pq
2 3 1 7 mn
27. 28.HP 29. 30. 31. 32. 2log  z  x  33.HP
2 3 89 6 r
2 2
34.  35. 36.18 37.4,16
n 7

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