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GEC 104 - Activity 2

The document contains 4 activity questions about finding terms in arithmetic and geometric sequences. The first question asks to find the next 4 terms of 4 given arithmetic sequences. The second asks to find the nth term of 4 given arithmetic sequences. The third asks to find the next 3 terms of 4 given geometric sequences. The fourth asks to find the nth term of 4 given geometric sequences.

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GEC 104 - Activity 2

The document contains 4 activity questions about finding terms in arithmetic and geometric sequences. The first question asks to find the next 4 terms of 4 given arithmetic sequences. The second asks to find the nth term of 4 given arithmetic sequences. The third asks to find the next 3 terms of 4 given geometric sequences. The fourth asks to find the nth term of 4 given geometric sequences.

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Owen Z.

Cumitag December 9, 2021


BSA 5.11

GEC 104 – Activity 2


1. Find the next four terms of each arithmetic sequence.

a. 9, 16, 23, …
30, 37, 44, 51
1 3 5
b. , , , ….
4 4 4

𝟕 𝟗 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟑
, , ,
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒

c. 31, 24, 17, …

10, 3, -4, -11


d. -8.6, -3.6, 1.4, …
6.4, 11.4, 16.4, 21.4

2. Find the nth term of each arithmetic sequence


1
a. 𝑎1 = 3, 𝑑 = 7, 𝑛 = 14 c. 𝑎1 = 5, 𝑑 = 3 , 𝑛 = 12
𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑
1
𝑎𝑛 = 3 + (14 − 1)7 𝑎𝑛 = 5 + (12 − 1) 3
1
𝑎𝑛 = 3 + (13)7 𝑎𝑛 = 5 + (13) 3
13
𝑎𝑛 = 3 + 91 𝑎𝑛 = 5 +
3
𝟐𝟖
𝒂𝟏𝟒 = 𝟗𝟒 𝒂𝟏𝟐 = 𝟑

b. 𝑎1 = −4 , 𝑑 = 9, 𝑛 = 11
𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑
𝑎𝑛 = −4 + (11 − 1)9
𝑎𝑛 = −4 + (10)9
𝑎𝑛 = −4 + 90
𝒂𝟏𝟏 = 𝟖𝟔
Owen Z. Cumitag December 9, 2021
BSA 5.11

3. Find the next three terms of each Geometric Sequence


a. 162, 108, 71, …

48, 32, 21.𝟑𝟑

b. 64, -16, 4, …
𝟏 𝟏
-1, , −
𝟒 𝟏𝟔

c. 405, 135, 45, …


𝟓
15, 5, ,
𝟑

4 4 4
d. , , ,…
27 9 3
𝟒, 𝟏𝟐, 𝟑𝟔

4. Find the nth term of each Geometric Sequence


1
a. 𝑎1 = , 𝑛 = 8, 𝑟 = 3
3
𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 ∙ 𝑟 𝑛−1
1
𝑎8 = ∙ 38−1
3
1
𝑎8 = ∙ 2187
3
𝒂𝟖 = 𝟕𝟐𝟗

1
b. 𝑎1 = , 𝑛 = 9, 𝑟 = 4
64
𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 ∙ 𝑟 𝑛−1
1
𝑎9 = ∙ 49−1
64
1
𝑎9 = ∙ 65,536
64
𝒂𝟗 = 𝟏, 𝟎𝟐𝟒

c. 𝑎1 = 16, 𝑛 = 7, 𝑟 = 0.5

𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 ∙ 𝑟 𝑛−1

𝑎7 = 16 ∙ 0.57−1
1
𝑎7 = 16 ∙ 64

𝟏
𝒂𝟕 = 𝟒
Owen Z. Cumitag December 9, 2021
BSA 5.11

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