Question

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26. Find the sum of the first 6 terms of a geometric series: 80 + (-20) + 5 + ...

27. Find the 4 geometric means between 1/25 and 125.​

Answer 1

26)

t2/t1=-20/80=-1/4=-0.25

t3/t2=5/(-20)=-1/4-0.25

So,

common ratio=-1/4

The formula applied to calculate sum of first n terms of a GP:

Sn=a(rⁿ-1)/(r-1)

S6=80{(-0.25)^6-1}/(-0.25-1)

=63.98

27)

1/25 , ?, ?, ?, ?, 125

where '?' means geometric mean

You can find those missing terms in between 1/25 and 125 to get geometric means.

For that we need to find common ratio by using formula,

tn=t1×r^(n-1)

here n=last nth term=6,so,

t6=(1/25)×r^(6-1)

125=(1/25)×r^5

125×25=r^5

r=65.6631951101=65.66

thus,

t2=t1×r=65.66/25

t3=t2×r=(65.66/25)×65.66

=65.66²/25

Similarly,

t4=65.66³/25

t5=65.66⁴/25

t2,t3,t4 and t5 are required geometric means