Find the 9th term of the geometric sequence

Algebra Level 1

The 3rd and 6th terms of a geometric progression are 8 and 64 respectively. Find the value of the 9th term


The answer is 512.

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4 solutions

Mahdi Raza
Jun 15, 2020

a 6 a 3 = a 9 a 6 \dfrac{a_{6}}{a_{3}} = \dfrac{a_{9}}{a_{6}}

a 9 = 64 × 64 8 512 \implies a_{9}= \dfrac{64 \times 64}{8} \implies \boxed{512}

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jun 14, 2020

Let the n n th term of the geometric progression be a n = a 1 r n 1 a_n=a_1r^{n-1} , where r r is the common ratio. Then,

a 9 = a 1 r 8 = a 1 r 5 a 1 r 5 a 1 r 2 = a 6 a 6 a 3 = 64 64 8 = 512 a_9 = a_1r^8 = a_1r^5 \cdot \frac {a_1r^5}{a_1r^2} = a_6 \cdot \frac {a_6}{a_3} = 64 \cdot \frac {64}8 = \boxed{512}

Since you know that the 3 3 rd term is 8 8 and the 6 6 th term is 64 64 , the geometric progression is multiply by 8 3 \frac{8}{3} .

So:

64 3 ( 64 * 3( 8 3 ) \frac{8}{3}) = 64 8 = 512 = 64 * 8 = \fbox {512}

Marvin Kalngan
Jun 14, 2020

a n = a m × r n m a_n=a_m \times r^{n-m}

a 6 = a 3 × r 6 3 a_6=a_3 \times r^{6-3}

a 6 = a 3 × r 3 a_6=a_3 \times r^3

64 = 8 × r 3 64=8 \times r^3

8 = r 3 8=r^3

r = 2 r=2

a n = a m × r n m a_n=a_m \times r^{n-m}

a 9 = a 3 × r 9 3 a_9=a_3 \times r^{9-3}

a 9 = 8 × 2 6 a_9=8 \times 2^{6}

a 9 = 512 a_9=\boxed{512}

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