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1.2 Geometric Progression

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NAME:

n 1
Tn ar the nth term of a geometric progression (G.P.):

the common ratio is related to the formula:

T
T2 T3

...... n
T1 T2
Tn1

the sum of the first nth terms of a geometric progression:

Sn

a (1 r n )

1 rn
a rn 1
Sn
r 1

,r1

,r1

the sum to infinity of G.P. :

S

a
1 r

Examples
1. Determine the nth term, Tn, for each of the following G.P.
(a) 8, 24, 72, .. T12
(b) -12, -6, -3, .. T9
2. Determine the number of terms, n of each of the following G.P.
(a) 6, -18, 54, .., -13122.
5
(b) -10, -5, -2 , .., - 256 .
1 1 1
, , ,......
3. Find the 8th term of the geometric progression 3 6 12

4. The seventh term of a geometric progression is 256 and the first term is 4. What is the fifth term?

5. Find the positive value of x if

2, x,

6. Given a geometric progression

k , 3,

1
2 are the first three terms of a geometric progression.

9
3
, m,...... a
k
m , express a in terms of k.
If

7. The 2nd term and the 5th term of a G.P. are 12 and 324 respectively. Find the first term and the
common difference.
8. It is given that the price of a product increases by 10% each year. If the price of the product in the year
2001 is RM600, calculate its price, to the nearest ringgit, in year 2010.
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9. Find the sum of the first 6 terms of the geometric progression 3, 2, 3 ,
3
, 2, 6,.......,486
10. Find the sum of all the terms of the G.P. 2
.

11. Given the geometric progression 27, 9, 3,., find the sum of all the terms from the 5th term to the 9th
term.
12. For the geometric progression 3, 6, 12,., calculate the least number of terms that must be taken for
the sum to exceed 1000.
13. In a G.P., the sum of the second term and the third term is 12 while the sum of the third term to the
fourth term is 6. Find the common ratio.
2
, 2, 6,....
14. Given a G.P., 3
(a) Find the sum of the first 8 terms of the progression.
(b) Hence, find the sum of the next 5 terms of the progression.

15. Diagram below shows a few squares such that the length of each side of the squares form a geometric
progression. The length of the side of the first square is x cm. The ratio of the length of the side of the
third square to that of the first square is 9 : 4.

x cm

x cm

(a)
(b)
(c)

Find the ratio of the length of the side of the second square to that of the first square.
Given that x = 2 and the perimeter of the nth square is 27 cm, find the value of n.
Find the maximum number of squares that can be made from a wire of length 90 cm.

16. Calculate the sum to infinity of the geometric progression 24, 12, 6,
17. The sum to infinity of a G.P. is four times the first term. Find the common ratio.

18. The second term and the fourth term of a G.P. are 20 and
find the sum to infinity.

12

4
5 respectively. If all the sums are positive,

19. Write each of the following recurring decimal as a fraction.

0.888....
(a)
(b) 0.0833333.....
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(c)

0. 4 2

(d)

3. 2 7

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