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Chapter 5: Problem 28
Find each sum. \(-13+(-13)\)
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Suppose you save $$\$ 1$$ the first day of a month, $$\$ 2$$ the second day, $$\$ 4$$ the third day, and so on. That is, each day you save twice as much as you did the day before. What will you put aside for savings on the thirtieth day of the month?
What is the common difference in an arithmetic sequence?
The sum, \(S_{n}\), of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence is given by $$ S_{n}=\frac{n}{2}\left(a_{1}+a_{n}\right), $$ in which \(a_{1}\) is the first term and \(a_{n}\) is the nth term. The sum, \(S_{n}\), of the first \(n\) terms of a geometric sequence is given by $$ S_{n}=\frac{a_{1}\left(1-r^{n}\right)}{1-r}, $$ in which \(a_{1}\) is the first term and \(r\) is the common ratio \((r \neq 1)\). Determine whether each sequence is arithmetic or geometric. Then use the appropriate formula to find \(S_{10}\), the sum of the first ten terms. \(7,19,31,43, \ldots\)
Write a formula for the general term (the nth term) of each geometric sequence. Then use the formula for \(a_{n}\) to find \(a_{7}\), the seventh term of the sequence. \(12,6,3, \frac{3}{2}, \ldots\)
Write the first six terms of the geometric sequence with the first term, \(a_{1}\), and common ratio, \(r\). \(a_{1}=\frac{1}{2}, r=2\)
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