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Sum of n term of GP
th

𝑎 ( 1− 𝑟 ) 𝑛
𝑆𝑛 =
(1 −𝑟 )
Presented by:
Chowdhury Reshadur Rahman
 𝑛𝑡h 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 ,𝑢 𝑛=𝑎 𝑟 𝑛 − 1

Geometric Sequences/Progression
As a general rule:

1 S n  a  ar  ar 2  ar 3  ar 4  ...  ...  ar n  2  ar n 1
Multiply all
terms by r
2 rS n  ar  ar  ar  ar  ar  ...  ...  ar  ar
2 3 4 5 n 1 n

1 - 2 S n  rS n  a  ar
n
Factorise
both sides
S n (1  r )  a(1  r n )
Divide by
n (1 - r)
a (1  r )
Sn 
(1  r )
𝑎 ( 1− 𝑟 )
𝑛
𝑆𝑜 , 𝑆𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑡h 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚(𝑆 ¿¿ 𝑛)= ¿
(1 −𝑟 )
𝑎 ( 𝑟 𝑛 −1 )
𝐵𝑢𝑡 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑟 >1 𝑡h𝑒𝑛 𝑆𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑡h 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚(𝑆¿ ¿ 𝑛)= ¿
(𝑟 −1)
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