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Chapter 12 Review Exercises

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Sequences

Exercise 1 Write the First Few Terms of a Sequence

In the following exercises, write the first five terms of the sequence whose general term is given.

  1. an=7n5
  2. an=3n+4
  3. an=2n+n
  4. an=2n+14n
  5. an=(1)nn2
Answer

2. 7,13,31,85,247

4. 34,516,764,9256,111024

Exercise 2 Find a Formula for the General Term (nth Term of a Sequence

In the following exercises, find a general term for the sequence whose first five terms are shown.

  1. 9,18,27,36,45,
  2. 5,4,3,2,1,
  3. 1e3,1e2,1e,1,e,
  4. 1,8,27,64,125,
  5. 13,12,35,23,57,
Answer

1. an=9n

3. an=en4

5. an=nn+2

Exercise 3 Use Factorial Notation

In the following exercises, using factorial notation, write the first five terms of the sequence whose general term is given.

  1. an=4n!
  2. an=n!(n+2)!
  3. an=(n1)!(n+1)2
Answer

2. 16,112,120,130,142

Exercise 4 Find the Partial Sum

In the following exercises, expand the partial sum and find its value.

  1. 7i=1(2i5)
  2. 3i=15i
  3. 4k=04k!
  4. 4k=1(k+1)(2k+1)
Answer

1. 3+(1)+1+3+5+7+9=21

3. 4+4+2+23+16=656

Exercise 5 Use Summation Notation to Write a Sum

In the following exercises, write each sum using summation notation.

  1. 13+19127+1811243
  2. 48+1216+2024
  3. 4+2+43+1+45
Answer

1. 5n=1(1)n13n

3. 5n=14n

Arithmetic Sequences

Exercise 6 Determine if a Sequence is Arithmetic

In the following exercises, determine if each sequence is arithmetic, and if so, indicate the common difference.

  1. 1,2,4,8,16,32,
  2. 7,1,5,11,17,23,
  3. 13,9,5,1,3,7,
Answer

2. The sequence is arithmetic with common difference d=6.

Exercise 7 Determine if a Sequence is Arithmetic

In the following exercises, write the first five terms of each arithmetic sequence with the given first term and common difference.

  1. a1=5 and d=3
  2. a1=8 and d=2
  3. a1=13 and d=6
Answer

1. 5,8,11,14,17

3. 13,7,1,5,11

Exercise 8 Find the General Term (nth Term) of an Arithmetic Sequence

In the following exercises, find the term described using the information provided.

  1. Find the twenty-fifth term of a sequence where the first term is five and the common difference is three.
  2. Find the thirtieth term of a sequence where the first term is 16 and the common difference is 5.
  3. Find the seventeenth term of a sequence where the first term is 21 and the common difference is two.
Answer

2. 129

Exercise 9 Find the General Term (nth Term) of an Arithmetic Sequence

In the following exercises, find the indicated term and give the formula for the general term.

  1. Find the eighteenth term of a sequence where the fifth term is 12 and the common difference is seven.
  2. Find the twenty-first term of a sequence where the seventh term is 14 and the common difference is 3.
Answer

1. a18=103. The general term is an=7n23.

Exercise 10 Find the General Term (nth Term) of an Arithmetic Sequence

In the following exercises, find the first term and common difference of the sequence with the given terms. Give the formula for the general term.

  1. The fifth term is 17 and the fourteenth term is 53.
  2. The third term is 26 and the sixteenth term is 91.
Answer

1. a1=1,d=4. The general term is an=4n3.

Exercise 11 Find the Sum of the First n Terms of an Arithmetic Sequence

In the following exercises, find the sum of the first 30 terms of each arithmetic sequence.

  1. 7,4,1,2,5,
  2. 1,6,11,16,21,
Answer

1. 430

Exercise 12 Find the Sum of the First n Terms of an Arithmetic Sequence

In the following exercises, find the sum of the first fifteen terms of the arithmetic sequence whose general term is given.

  1. an=4n+7
  2. an=2n+19
Answer

1. 585

Exercise 13 Find the Sum of the First n Terms of an Arithmetic Sequence

In the following exercises, find each sum.

  1. 50i=1(4i5)
  2. 30i=1(3i7)
  3. 35i=1(i+10)
Answer

1. 4850

3. 980

Geometric Sequences and Series

Exercise 14 Determine if a Sequence is Geometric

In the following exercises, determine if the sequence is geometric, and if so, indicate the common ratio.

  1. 3,12,48,192,768,3072,
  2. 5,10,15,20,25,30,
  3. 112,56,28,14,7,72,
  4. 9,18,36,72,144,288,
Answer

2. The sequence is not geometric.

4. The sequence is geometric with common ratio r=2.

Exercise 15 Determine if a Sequence is Geometric

In the following exercises, write the first five terms of each geometric sequence with the given first term and common ratio.

  1. a1=3 and r=5
  2. a1=128 and r=14
  3. a1=5 and r=3
Answer

2. 128,32,8,2,12

Exercise 16 Find the General Term (nth Term) of a Geometric Sequence

In the following exercises, find the indicated term of a sequence where the first term and the common ratio is given.

  1. Find a9 given a1=6 and r=2
  2. Find a11 given a1=10,000,000 and r=0.1
Answer

1. 1,536

Exercise 17 Find the General Term (nth Term) of a Geometric Sequence

In the following exercises, find the indicated term of the given sequence. Find the general term of the sequence.

  1. Find a12 of the sequence, 6,24,96,384,1536,6144,
  2. Find a9 of the sequence, 4374,1458,486,162,54,18,
Answer

1. a12=25,165,824. The general term is an=6(4)n1

Exercise 18 Find the Sum of the First n terms of a Geometric Sequence

In the following exercises, find the sum of the first fifteen terms of each geometric sequence.

  1. 4,8,16,32,64,128
  2. 3,12,48,192,768,3072
  3. 3125,625,125,25,5,1
Answer

1. 5,460

3. 3906.25

Exercise 19 find the Sum of the First n terms of a Geometric Sequence

In the following exercises, find the sum

  1. 8i=17(3)i
  2. 6i=124(12)i
Answer

2. 1898=23.625

Exercise 20 Find the Sum of an Infinite Geometric Series

In the following exercises, find the sum of each infinite geometric series.

  1. 113+19127+1811243+1729
  2. 49+7+1+17+149+1343+
Answer

2. 343657.167

Exercise 21 Find the Sum of an Infinite Geometric Series

In the following exercises, write each repeating decimal as a fraction.

  1. 0.¯8
  2. 0.¯36
Answer

2. 411

Exercise 22 Apply Geometric Sequences and Series in the Real World

In the following exercises, solve the problem.

  1. What is the total effect on the economy of a government tax rebate of $360 to each household in order to stimulate the economy if each household will spend 60% of the rebate in goods and services?
  2. Adam just got his first full-time job after graduating from high school at age 17. He decided to invest $300 per month in an IRA (an annuity). The interest on the annuity is 7% which is compounded monthly. How much will be in Adam’s account when he retires at his sixty-seventh birthday?
Answer

2. $1,634,421.27

Binomial Theorem

Exercise 23 Use Pascal's Triangle to Expand a Binomial

In the following exercises, expand each binomial using Pascal’s Triangle.

  1. (a+b)7
  2. (xy)4
  3. (x+6)3
  4. (2y3)5
  5. (7x+2y)3
Answer

2. x44x3y+6x2y24xy3+y4

4. 32y5240y4+720y31080y2+810y243

Exercise 24 Evaluate a Binomial Coefficient

In the following exercises, evaluate.

    1. (111)
    2. (1212)
    3. (130)
    4. (83)
    1. (71)
    2. (55)
    3. (90)
    4. (95)
    1. (11)
    2. (1515)
    3. (40)
    4. (112)
Answer

1.

  1. 11
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 56

3.

  1. 1
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 55
Exercise 25 Use the Binomial Theorem to Expand a Binomial

In the following exercises, expand each binomial, using the Binomial Theorem.

  1. (p+q)6
  2. (t1)9
  3. (2x+1)4
  4. (4x+3y)4
  5. (x3y)5
Answer

2. t99t8+36t784t6+126t5126t4+84t336t2+9t1

4. 256x4+768x3y+864x2y2+432xy3+81y4

Exercise 26 Use the Binomial Theorem to Expand a Binomial

In the following exercises, find the indicated term in the expansion of the binomial.

  1. Seventh term of (a+b)9
  2. Third term of (xy)7
Answer

1. 84a6b3

Exercise 27 Use the Binomial Theorem to Expand a Binomial

In the following exercises, find the coefficient of the indicated term in the expansion of the binomial.

  1. y4 term of (y+3)6
  2. x5 term of (x2)8
  3. a3b4 term of (2a+b)7
Answer

1. 135

3. 280

Practice Test

Exercise 28

In the following exercises, write the first five terms of the sequence whose general term is given.

  1. an=5n33n
  2. an=(n+2)!(n+3)!
  3. Find a general term for the sequence, 23,45,67,89,1011,
  4. Expand the partial sum and find its value. 4i=1(4)i
  5. Write the following using summation notation. 1+1419+116125
  6. Write the first five terms of the arithmetic sequence with the given first term and common difference. a1=13 and d=3
  7. Find the twentieth term of an arithmetic sequence where the first term is two and the common difference is 7.
  8. Find the twenty-third term of an arithmetic sequence whose seventh term is 11 and common difference is three. Then find a formula for the general term.
  9. Find the first term and common difference of an arithmetic sequence whose ninth term is 1 and the sixteenth term is 15. Then find a formula for the general term.
  10. Find the sum of the first 25 terms of the arithmetic sequence, 5,9,13,17,21,
  11. Find the sum of the first 50 terms of the arithmetic sequence whose general term is an=3n+100.
  12. Find the sum. 40i=1(5i21)
Answer

2. 14,15,16,17,18

4. 4+1664+256=204

6. 13,10,7,4,1

8. a23=59. The general term is an=3n10.

10. 1,325

12. 3,260

Exercise 29

In the following exercises, determine if the sequence is arithmetic, geometric, or neither. If arithmetic, then find the common difference. If geometric, then find the common ratio.

  1. 14,3,8,19,30,41,
  2. 324,108,36,12,4,43,
  3. Write the first five terms of the geometric sequence with the given first term and common ratio. a1=6 and r=2.
  4. In the geometric sequence whose first term and common ratio are a1=5 and r=4, find a11.
  5. Find a10 of the geometric sequence, 1250,250,50,10,2,25, Then find a
    formula for the general term.
  6. Find the sum of the first thirteen terms of the geometric sequence, 2,6,18,54,162,486
Answer

2. The sequence is geometric with common ratio r=13.

4. 5,242,880

6. 797,162

Exercise 30

In the following exercises, find the sum.

  1. 9i=15(2)i
  2. 115+1251125+162513125+
  3. Write the repeating decimal as a fraction. 0.¯81
  4. Dave just got his first full-time job after graduating from high school at age 18. He decided to invest $450 per month in an IRA (an annuity). The interest on the annuity is 6% which is compounded monthly. How much will be in Adam’s account when he retires at his sixty-fifth birthday?
  5. Expand the binomial using Pascal’s Triangle. (m2n)5
  6. Evaluate each binomial coefficient.
    1. (81)
    2. (1616)
    3. (120)
    4. (106)
  7. Expand the binomial using the Binomial Theorem. (4x+5y)3
Answer

2. 56

4. $1,409,344.19

6.

  1. 8
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 210

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