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geometrical progression?
in a geomaetrical progression, the sum of the second and third terms is 9, and the seventh term is eight times the fourth. find the first term the common ratio and the fifth term
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- AnnLv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
Geometrical progression => (x/q;x;x*q), that is, the successor of a term is the term times a constant.
1° term = x / q (q = constant)
2° term = x
3° term = x * q
4º term = x * q * q = x * q^2
7° term = x * q^5
x + x * q = 9
x * q^5 = 8 * x * q^2
x * q^5 / (x * q^2) = 8
q^3 = 8
q = 2
x + x * q = 9
x + x * 2 = 9
3 x = 9
x = 3
5° = x * q^3 = x * 8 = 3*8 = 24.
- vorceLv 45 years ago
a persevering with is a variety so as that there is not any n or the different variable invovled. Tn=2^(n+3) and changing n with the aid of (n-a million) provides Tn-a million = 2^(n+2). Tn/Tn-a million = 2^(n+3)/2^(n+2)=2^a million=2, it relatively is a persevering with considering that 2^p/2^q=26(p-q). So the form is geometric with undemanding ratio r=2. additionally the 1st term T1 =a=2^4=sixteen. b) locate S5 and S12 using Sn=a(r^n - a million)/(r-a million) = sixteen(2^n-a million) the mandatory sum is S12 - S5 which ought to offer 65024