27. Janet wants to know how many seats are in each row of the theater.

Jamal lets her know that each row has

2 seats more than the row in front of it. The first row has 14 seats. Write a model for the number of seats in any
row. Find the total number of seats in 25 rows.

28. The population of a town was 25,000 people at the beginning of 1970. If the population decreased by 400
people each year, how many people lived in the town at the beginning of 1985?

29. A town has a population of 1000 people and is increasing by 12% each year. What will the population be at
the end of 9 years?

30. Given the table below, find all of the other representations:
Time 1 2 3 4 Graph:
(seconds)
Height 18 7.2 2.88 1.152
(meters)

Recursive Equation Explicit Equation

Create a context:
Mastering Sequences & Series Name__________________________________

I. Decide whether the sequence is arithmetic, geometric, or neither. If it is arithmetic or geometric, write the
recursive and explicit equations.

1. 3, 6, 9, 12, ... 3. 0.8, 1,1.2,1.4,1.6,… 5. -5, 5, 7,-7,…

2. 3, 12, 21, 30, … 3 3 3 6. 2, 2, 2 2, 4,...

4. −3, , − , ,…
4 16 64

III. Assume that each sequence is arithmetic.

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11. Find the 21 term of the arithmetic sequence for which a1 =7 and d= -4.

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12. Find the 95 term of 8, 2, -4, -10,…

13. Write the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10,… in Sigma summation notation.

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14. Find the 100 term of the sequence 4, 9, 14,19,… Now find the sum of the first 100 terms of the sequence.

IV. Evaluate each sum.

5 4 6
15. ∑2
k =1
k
16. ∑i
i=2
17. ∑k + 2
k =1

V. Assume that each sequence is geometric.

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18. The 1 term of a geometric sequence is -12 and the common ratio is 1/2. Find the next three terms.

19. Find the explicit formula of the sequence 2, 6,18,54,…

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20. The 1 term of a geometric sequence is 81 and the common ratio is 2/3. Find the sum of the first 20 terms.

21. Write the geometric sequence 5,5,5 5,... in Sigma summation notation.

VII. Answer each question.

22. Given the explicit formula an = 5 + 2(n − 1) , write the recursive formula.

23. Write a recursive and explicit formula for the sequence: 5, 9, 13, 17, …
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24. Find a common ratio for a geometric sequence whose second term is 9 and whose 6 term is 729.

25. Write the series in summation notation: 9 + 4 + -1 + -6 + -11

26. Write the explicit formula for an arithmetic sequence where a3 = -8 and a6 = -26