Geometric Series

Algebra Level 2

The sum of the first 2011 terms of the geometric sequence is 200.

The sum of the first 4022 terms of the same geometric sequence is 380.

Find the sum of the first 6033 terms of this geometric sequence.


The answer is 542.

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2 solutions

Rajen Kapur
Apr 28, 2015

The sum of the first 2011 terms is 200 and of the next 2011 terms is 380 - 200 = 180(given).

From 4023 to 6033 the next 2011 terms being in the geometric progression have sum= 180 (180/200), i.e. 162.

Hence the required sum of 6033 terms is 380 + 162 = 542.

Excellent solution

Sai Ram - 5 years, 11 months ago
Daniel Heiß
Aug 21, 2016

The sum up to the n n -th term is given by f 1 c n 1 c f\cdot\frac{1-c^n}{1-c} for some f , c f,c .

So as the first 2011 terms equal 200 we get: f = 200 ( 1 c ) 1 c 2011 f=\frac{200\cdot(1-c)}{1-c^{2011}} .

Now the first 4022 terms sum up to

380 = f 1 c 4022 1 c = 200 ( 1 c ) 1 c 2011 1 c 4022 1 c = 200 ( 1 + c 2011 ) 380=f\cdot\frac{1-c^{4022}}{1-c}=\frac{200\cdot(1-c)}{1-c^{2011}}\cdot \frac{1-c^{4022}}{1-c}=200(1+c^{2011})

yielding 1 + c 2011 = 380 200 = 19 10 1+c^{2011}=\frac{380}{200}=\frac{19}{10} .

Hence we get c 2011 = 9 10 c^{2011}=\frac9{10}

Now the interesting sum of the first 6033 terms is f 1 c 6033 1 c = 200 ( 1 c ) 1 c 2011 1 c 6033 1 c = 200 ( 1 c 6033 ) 1 c 2011 = 200 1 ( 9 10 ) 3 1 9 10 = 542 f\cdot\frac{1-c^{6033}}{1-c}=\frac{200\cdot(1-c)}{1-c^{2011}}\cdot \frac{1-c^{6033}}{1-c} = \frac{200\cdot(1-c^{6033})}{1-c^{2011}}=200\cdot\frac{1-\left(\frac9{10}\right)^3}{1-\frac9{10}}=542 .

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