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1.
The Fibonacci sequence is defined by 1 = a1 = a2 and an = an - 1 + an = an - 2 n > 2. Find \(\frac { { a }_{ n+1 } }{ { a }_{ n } }\), for n = 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5.
2.
If S1, S2, S3, .... SP denote the sums of infinite geometric series whose first terms are 1, 2, 3, .... P respectively and whose common rations are \(\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{4},....,\frac{1}{P-1}\) respectively Prove that \(S_1+S_2+S_3+..+S_P=\frac{P(P+3)}{2}\)
3.
Find the sum to infinity of the series (x + y) + (x2 + xy + y2) + (x3 + x2y + xy2 + y3) + .......
4.
The fourth term of a C.P. is 4. Find the product of its first seven terms.
5.
Which term of the C.P. 2, 8, 32, ...... is 32768 ?
6.
Determine the number of terms in the A.P. 4, 8, 12, 288. Also find its 18th term from the end.
7.
The (m+n)th and (m -n)th terms of G.P are P and q respectively. Show that the mth and nth terms are \(\sqrt { pq } \) and \(p\left( \frac { p }{ q } \right) ^{ \frac { m }{ 2n } }\) respectively
8.
Find the sum of 20 terms of an AP, whose first term is 3 and last term is 57.
9.
The nth term of a sequence is 3n - 2. Is the sequence an AP ? If it is an AP, then find its 6th term.
10.
Show that the sequence an defined by an = 2n2 +1, is not an AP.
11.
Write the first five terms of each of the sequence and obtain the corresponding series. a1 = a2 = 2, an = an-1 -1, n > 2
12.
Write the first five terms of each of the sequence and obtain the corresponding series. a1 = 3, an = 3an-1+2, for all n >1
13.
Find the indicated terms in each of the sequence, where nth terms are given.
(i) bn = \({ (-1) }^{ n }({ n }^{ 2 }-1)\), b7, b13
(ii) \(a_{n}=\frac{n^{2}}{2^{n}}, a_{7}\)
14.
Find the indicated terms in each of the sequence, where nth terms are given.
an = 5n - 3, a12, a15
15.
Write the first five terms of each of the following sequence whose nth terms are an = \(\frac { n }{ n+1 } \)
1.
Given, 1 = a1 = a2 and an = an - 1 + an - 2, n > 2
On Putting n = 3, 4, 5 , 6 respectively, we get
For n =3, a3 = a3 - 1 + a3 -2 = a2 + a1 = 1 + 1 = 2
For n =4, a4 = a4 - 1 + a4 -2 = a3 + a2 = 2 + 1 = 3
For n =5, a5 = a5 - 1 + a5 -2 = a4 + a3 = 3 + 2 = 5
For n =6, a6 = a6 - 1 + a6 -2 = a5 + a4 = 5 + 3 = 8
Now, \(\frac { { a }_{ n+1 } }{ { a }_{ n } } \) , for n = 1, 2, 3, 4,5.
For n = 1, \(\frac { { a }_{ 2 } }{ { a }_{ 1 } } =\frac { 1 }{ 1 } =1\) :
For n =2, \(\frac { { a }_{ 3 } }{ { a }_{ 2 } } =\frac { 2 }{ 1 } =2\) :
For n =3, \(\frac { { a }_{ 4 } }{ { a }_{ 3 } } =\frac { 3 }{ 2 }\) :
For n =4, \(\frac { { a }_{ 5 } }{ { a }_{ 4 } } =\frac { 5 }{ 3 }\) :
For n =5, \(\frac { { a }_{ 6 } }{ { a }_{ 5 } } =\frac { 8 }{ 5 }\)
Hence, the required terms are 1, 2, \(\frac { 3 }{ 2 }\), \(\frac { 5 }{ 3 }\) and \(\frac { 8 }{ 5 }\)
2.
Using \(S_\infty =\frac{a}{1-r}\)
\(S_1=\frac{1}{(1-\frac{1}{2})}=2\)
\(S_2=\frac{2}{(1-\frac{1}{3})}=3\)
\(S_3=\frac{3}{(1-\frac{1}{4})}=4\)
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\(SP=\frac{P}{[1-\frac{1}{P-1}]}=P+1\)
\(\therefore\) S1 + S2 + S3 + ..... Sp = 2 + 3 + 4 + .... + (P + 1)
= \(\frac{P}{2}[2\times 2+(P-1)1]\)
= \(\frac{P}{2}(P+3)\)
3.
Given series is (x + y) + (x2 + xy + y2) + (x3 + x2y + xy2 + y3) + ......
\(\Rightarrow \frac{1}{(x-y)}[(x-y)(x+y)+(x-y)(x^2+xy+y^2)+(x-y)(x^3+x^2y+xy^2+y^3)+...]\)
\(\Rightarrow \frac{1}{(x-y)}[(x^2-y^2)+(x^3+y^3)+(x^4-y^4)+....\infty]\)
\(\Rightarrow \frac{1}{(x-y)}[(x^2+x^3+x^4+...\infty)-(y^2+y^3+y^4+....\infty)]\)
\(\Rightarrow \frac{1}{(x-y)}[\frac{x^2}{1-x}-\frac{y^2}{1-y}]\)
\(\Rightarrow \frac{1}{(x-y)}[\frac{x^2-x^2y-y^2+xy^2}{(1-x)(1-y)}]\)
\(\Rightarrow \frac{1}{(x-y)}[\frac{(x^2-y^2)-xy(x-y)}{(1-x)(1-y)}]\)
\(\Rightarrow\frac{x+y-xy}{(1-x)(1-y)}\)
4.
Let a be the first term and r be the common ratio of given G.P. then
a4 = 4 \(\Rightarrow\) ar3 = 4
Now product of first seven terms
= a1· a2· a3· a4· a5· a6· a7
= (a)(ar)(ar2)(ar3)(ar4)(ar5)(ar6)
= a7r2I = (ar3)7
= (4)7 [\(\therefore\) ar3 = 4]
= 16384.
5.
Here a = 2 and r = \(\frac { 8 }{ 2 } =4\)
Let an = 32768
\(\Rightarrow\) arn-1 = 32768
\(\Rightarrow\) 2 x 4n-1 = 32768
\(\Rightarrow\) 4n-1 = 16384
\(\Rightarrow\) 4n-1 = 47
\(\Rightarrow\) n - 1 = 7
\(\Rightarrow\) n = 7 + 1
\(\Rightarrow\) n = 8 .
6.
Here a = 4, d = 8 - 4 = 4 and an = 288
We know that an = a + (n - 1)d
\(\therefore\) 288 = 4 + (n - 1) x 4
\(\therefore\) 288 - 4 = (n - 1) x 4
\(\frac { 284 }{ 4 } =(n-1)\)
n = 71 + 1 = 72
Now a = 288 and d =- 4
\(\therefore\) 18th term from end = 288 - (18 - 1) x 4
= 288 - 68 = 220
7.
am+n = P and am-n = q \(\Rightarrow\) arm+n-1 and arm-n-1 = q
\(\Rightarrow\) \(\frac { { ar }^{ m+n-1 } }{ { ar }^{ m-n-1 } } =\frac { p }{ q } \) \(\Rightarrow\) \({ r }^{ 2n }=\frac { p }{ q } \) \(\Rightarrow\) \(r=\left( \frac { p }{ q } \right) ^{ \frac { 1 }{ 2n } }\)
am = arm-1 = arm+n-1. \(\left( \frac { 1 }{ r } \right) ^{ n }\) = am+n \(\left( \frac { 1 }{ r } \right) ^{ n }\) = p \(\left( \frac { 1 }{ r } \right) ^{ n }\) = p \(\left( \frac { p }{ q } \right) ^{ \frac { 1 }{ 2n } }\) = \(\sqrt { pq } \)
an = arn-1 = ar m+n - 1.\(\left( \frac { 1 }{ r } \right) ^{ m }\) = am+n \(\left( \frac { 1 }{ r } \right) ^{ m }\) = P \(p\left( \frac { p }{ q } \right) ^{ \frac { 3 }{ 2n } }\)
8.
We have, a=3, l=57, and n=20
\(\because { S }_{ n }=\frac { n }{ 2 } [a+l]\)
\(\therefore { S }_{ 20 }=\frac { 20 }{ 2 } [3+57]=10\times 60=600\)
9.
Given, an = 3n - 2
Replacing n by n + 1 in an, we get
an+1 = 3 (n+1) - 2 = 3n + 3 - 2 = 3n +1
Then, d = an+1 - an = (3n + 1) - (3n - 2)
= 3n + 1 - 3n + 2 = 3
It is independent of n, so given sequence is an AP and its 6th term, a6 = 3 \(\times \) 6 - 2 = 16
10.
We have, an = 2n2 +1
On replacing n by n+1, we get
an+1 = 2 (n+1)2 +1 = 2 (n2 + 1 + 2n) +1
= 2n2 + 2 + 4n + 1
= 2n2 + 4n + 3
Here, an+1 -an = (2n2 + 4n +3) - (2n2 +1)
= 2n2 + 4n +3 - 2n2 - 1
= 4n + 2
It is not independent of n. So, given sequence is not an AP.
11.
Here a1 = a2 = 2 and an = an-1 - 1.
Putting n = 3, 4 and 5, we have
a3 = a3-1-1=a2-1=2-1 = 1 [\(\because\) a2 = 2]
a4=a4-1-1=a3-1=1-1=0[\(\because\) a3 = 1]
a5=a5-1-1=a4-1=0-1=-1[\(\because\) a4= 0]
Thus, first five terms of the sequence are: 2, 2, 1, 0 and -1.
The corresponding series is 2 + 2 + 1+ 0 _ (-1) + ....
12.
Here a1 = 3, and an = 3an-1 + 2.
Putting n = 2, 3, 4 and 5, we have
a2 = 3a2-1 + 2=3a1 + 2 = 3 \(\times\) 3 + 2
[\(\because\) a1 = 3]
= 9 + 2 = 11
a3 = 3a3-1+2=3a2 + 2 = 3 \(\times\) 11 + 2
= 33 + 2 = 35 [\(\because\) a2 = 11]
a4 = 3a4-1+2=3a3+2=3 \(\times\)35 + 2
[ \(\because\) a3 = 35]
= 105 + 2 = 107
a4 = 3a5-1 + 2 = 3a4+2 = 3 \(\times\) 107 + 2
[\(\because\) a4 = 107]
= 321 + 2 = 323
Thus, first five terms of the sequences are 3, 11, 35, 107 and 323.
The corresponding series is 3 + 11 + 35 + 107 + 323+ ....
13.
(i) b7 = -48
b13 = -168
(ii) \(a_{7}=\frac{49}{128}\)
14.
a12 = 57, a15 = 72
15.
Here, \({ a }_{ n }=\frac { n }{ n+1 } \)
Putting n = 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, we have
\({ a }_{ 1 }=\frac { 1 }{ 1+1 } =\frac { 1 }{ 2 } { a }_{ 2 }=\frac { 2 }{ 2+1 } =\frac { 2 }{ 3 } \)
\({ a }_{ 3 }=\frac { 3 }{ 3+1 } =\frac { 3 }{ 4 } { a }_{ 4 }=\frac { 4 }{ 4+1 } =\frac { 4 }{ 5 } \)
\({ a }_{ 5 }=\frac { 5 }{ 5+1 } =\frac { 5 }{ 6 } \)
Thus, the first five terms of sequence are \(\frac { 1 }{ 2 }\),\(\frac { 2 }{ 3 }\),\(\frac { 3 }{ 4 }\), \(\frac { 4 }{ 5 }\) and \(\frac { 5 }{ 6 }\)
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