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Precalculus Sequence Equations

The document provides examples of arithmetic and geometric sequences and asks the reader to find equations for sequences, determine later terms in sequences, and identify equations that could represent example sequences. It contains practice problems involving identifying sequences, writing equations for sequences, finding later terms, and choosing equations to represent given sequences. The document focuses on skills for working with arithmetic and geometric sequences.

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Precalculus Sequence Equations

The document provides examples of arithmetic and geometric sequences and asks the reader to find equations for sequences, determine later terms in sequences, and identify equations that could represent example sequences. It contains practice problems involving identifying sequences, writing equations for sequences, finding later terms, and choosing equations to represent given sequences. The document focuses on skills for working with arithmetic and geometric sequences.

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2.

1 Change in Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences


AP Precalculus
2.1 Practice
Find an equation that gives the 𝒏th term of each sequence. Use the initial value 𝒌 𝟎 of the sequence in your
equation.
1. 9, 27, 81, 243, … 2. 4, 1, 2, 5, … 3. 1, 4, 16, 64, …

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Find an equation that gives the 𝒏th term of each sequence. Use the initial value 𝒌 𝟎 of the sequence in your
equation.
4. 10, 5, , , … 5. 5, 9, 13, 17, … 6. , 1, , , … Not sure about 𝑟?
Divide a term by the
previous term.

Find an equation that gives the 𝒏th term of each sequence. Instead of the initial value use the 𝒌th term of the
sequence in your equation. 𝒌 is given for each problem.
7. 75, 15, 3, , … 𝑘 2 8. 44, 36, 28, 20, … 𝑘 4 9. 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, …
𝑘 3

10. 11, 22, 33, 44, … 𝑘 2 11. , , 1, , … 𝑘 3 12. , , 1, 3, … 𝑘 2

Find the 𝒏th term of each sequence. Write an equation for each sequence before finding the nth term.
13. 105, 95, 85, 75, … What is the 87th term? 14. , 1, , , … What is the 34th term?
There are many different
equations you could use, but the
87th term will be the same answer.

15. 86, 80, 74, 68, … What is the 52nd term? 16. 21, 25, 29, 33, … What is the 120th term?

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2.1 Change in Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences 2.1 Test Prep
17. Which of the following equations could represent the sequence 10, 2, 6, 14, … ?

I. 𝑓 𝑛 10 8 𝑛 1 II. 𝑓 𝑛 8 10𝑛 III. 𝑓 𝑛 8 10 𝑛 1

IV. 𝑓 𝑛 18 8𝑛 V. 𝑓 𝑛 10 8𝑛 VI. 𝑓 𝑛 2 8 𝑛 2

18. Which of the following equations could represent the sequence , 2, 8, 32, … ?

II. 𝑓 𝑛 4 III. 𝑓 𝑛 8 4
I. 𝑓 𝑛

IV. 𝑓 𝑛 2 V. 𝑓 𝑛 4

19. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 4, and the common difference of the sequence is 3. What is the seventh
term of the sequence?

(A) 22 (B) 25 (C) 972 (D) 2,916

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