Geometric Series

What does a₁ represent?

• Any term

• First term

• Last term

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

What does d represent?

• Radical

• Common difference

• Common ratio

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

What does r represent?

• Radical

• Common difference

• Common ratio

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Find the common ratio for the geometric sequence.

• 10
• 1/2
• 2
• 4

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

What are the next 3 terms in the following geometric sequence:

512, 256, 128, ___, ___, ___, ...

• 1024, 2048, 4096

• 32, 8, 2

• 64, 32, 16

• 92, 66, 38

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Write the explicit formula for the geometric sequence.

• a_n = 4(3)^n-1
• a_n = 3(4)^n-1
• a_n = -4(3)^n-1
• a_n = 3(-4)^n-1

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Find the first four terms of the sequence given the rule:
a_n = 4(5)^n-1

• 20, 100, 500, 2500
• 5, 20, 80, 320
• 4, 20, 100, 500
• 4, 9, 14, 19

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

The rule for finding a_n of a geometric sequence is

a_n = 10(2)^n-1 _{What is the common ratio(r) of the sequence?}

• ²

• ¹⁰

• ²⁰

• 2ⁿ

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Daisy received $2 on her first birthday. Each year, the amount of money she received tripled. Which expression represents how much money will she receive on her 5^th birthday?

• $ 2(3)(5)

• $ 2(3)(4)

• $ 2(3⁴)

• $ 2(3⁵)

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

CCSS.HSF.BF.A.1

CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.1

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

Find the common ratio: 64, -16, 4, -1, ...

• r = -8
• r = -1/4
• r = -4
• r = 4

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2