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Geometric Series

A geometric series is a series where each term is obtained by multiplying the previous term by a fixed ratio. The formula to calculate the sum of a finite geometric series is the first term multiplied by 1 minus the ratio, all over 1 minus the ratio, where the first term is a1, the ratio is r, and the number of terms is n. An infinite geometric series with a ratio r that has an absolute value less than 1 will converge to the sum of the first term divided by 1 minus the ratio.

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Geometric Series

A geometric series is a series where each term is obtained by multiplying the previous term by a fixed ratio. The formula to calculate the sum of a finite geometric series is the first term multiplied by 1 minus the ratio, all over 1 minus the ratio, where the first term is a1, the ratio is r, and the number of terms is n. An infinite geometric series with a ratio r that has an absolute value less than 1 will converge to the sum of the first term divided by 1 minus the ratio.

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GEOMETRIC

SERIES
  a geometric series is a series with a
constant ratio between successive
terms. For example, the series.
is geometric, because each successive
term can be obtained by multiplying the
previous term by 1/2.
 geometric series is the sum of the

terms in a geometric sequence. If the


sequence has a definite number of
terms, the simple formula for the sum
is.
 FORMULA : The sum Sn of a finite
geometric series a1 + a2 + a3 + . . . an is
 a1 is the first term.
 r is the common ratio of the sequence
 n is the # of terms

a1 (1  r ) n
Sn 
1 r
Example
 Use the formula to evaluate the series 3
+ 6 + 12 + 24 + 48 + 96.
 a1 = , n= ,r=

a1 (1  r n )
Sn 
1 r
3(1  26 )
Sn 
1 2

 189
  189
1
 Find the sum of the first 8 terms of the
geometric series if a1=1 and r = 2.

S8= 1(1−28)
1−2

=255
An infinite geometric series with │r│ < 1
converges to the sum of

a1
S 
1 r
 Find the sum of the infinite geometric
sequence
27,18,12,8,⋯
 First find r: 
 Then find the sum:

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