IM3 Arithmetic & Geometric Quiz

Sam got a new job. His starting salary was $32,000. He got a 4% raise every year. What salary could he expect to have in his 11th year of employment?

• $49,263

• $925,615

• $47,368

• $75,000

Given the sequence:
 25, 21, 17, 13,...
Write the explicit equation that models the sequence.

• a_n = 4n + 29
• a_n = -4n + 25
• a_n = -4n + 29
• a_n = 4n + 25

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What is the explicit rule for the sequence:
11, 22, 44, 88...

• a_n = 2(11)^n-1
• a_n = 11n
• a_n = 11(2)^n-1

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Which kind of sequence has a common difference?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric

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The individual numbers in a sequences are called...

• Common difference
• Successive term
• Term
• Geometric term

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Which lists four consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence?

• 1, 4, 9, 16, ...
• 3, 10, 17, 24, ...
• 1, 2, 4, 8, ...
• -5, 6, 10, 13, ...

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Which kind of sequence has a common ratio?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric

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You visit the Grand Canyon and drop a penny off the edge of a cliff.  The distance the penny will fall is 16 feet the first second, 48 feet the next second, 80 feet the third second, and so on in an arithmetic sequence.  What is the total distance the object will fall in 6 seconds?
 

• 576 feet
• 144 feet
• 480 feet

What does a₁ represent?

• Any term

• First term

• Last term

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Select any statement that is true concerning the sequence 5, 10, 20, 40, 80...

• The sequence is arithmetic

• The sequence is geometric

• The explicit formula is a_n = 5(2)^n-1

• The sequence can be modeled by a linear function.

• The sequence can be modeled by an exponential function.

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