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Practice — Series • Geometric Progression

GP Q1
Difficulty: ★★☆
254

The 1st and 2nd terms of a geometric progression are 4 and 12.

Find the sum of the first 10 terms.

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GP Q2
Difficulty: ★★★
255

The 3rd and 4th terms of a geometric progression are 5 and -20.

Find the 1st term, the common ratio, and the 9th term.

Enter your answer as: \(a,r,u_9\) (comma-separated).

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GP Q3
Difficulty: ★★☆
256

The 4th and 6th terms of a geometric progression are 200 and 800.

Find two possible values of the common ratio and the corresponding 1st terms.

Enter your answer as: \(r_1,a1,r_2,a2\) (comma-separated), with \(r_1\) positive.

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GP Q4
Difficulty: ★☆☆
257

Find the 13th term of the geometric progression

\(1.1,\ 1.21,\ 1.331,\ldots\)

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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GP Q5
Difficulty: ★★☆
258

Find the sum of the first 11 terms of the geometric progression

\(\frac12-\frac14+\frac18-\frac1{16}+\cdots\)

Give your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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GP Q6
Difficulty: ★★★
259

The 1st term of a geometric progression is 1 and the 5th term is 0.0016.

Find the possible values of \(r\) and the corresponding sums of the first 8 terms.

Enter your answer as:\( r_1,S_81,r_2,S_82 \)(comma-separated), with \(r_1\) positive.

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GP Q7
Difficulty: ★★★
260

A geometric progression has common ratio \(\frac25\).

The sum of the first four terms is \(2\frac{13}{25}\).

Find the 1st term.

Give your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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GP Q8
Difficulty: ★★☆
261

The 4th term of a geometric progression is 9 times the 6th term.

The 5th term is 3 and \(r>0\).

Find the sum of the first 6 terms.

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GP Q9
Difficulty: ★☆☆
262

The nth term of a geometric progression is \(\left(-\frac13\right)^n\).

Find the 1st term and the common ratio.

Enter your answer as: a,r (comma-separated).

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GP Q10
Difficulty: ★★☆
263

The sum of the first 9 terms of a geometric sequence is 684 and the common ratio is \(-2\).

Find the 1st term and the 8th term.

Enter your answer as: \(a_1, u_8 \)(comma-separated).

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