Thursday, April 9, 2009

Problem to Find the Sum of Geometric Progressions

Topic : Geometric Progression

Problem : Find the sum of the first 8 terms of the G.P. 3, 2 , 4/3, 8/9, . . . .

Solution :
3, 2 , 4/3, 8/9, . . . .
a = 3, r = 2/3
Sum of the first n terms,






Therefore the sum of the first 8 terms of the G.P. is 8.65.

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