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yawa3891 [41]
2 years ago
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What is the sum of an 8-term geometric series if the first term is -11, the last term is 859,375, and the common ratio is -5?

Mathematics
1 answer:
Marina CMI [18]2 years ago
7 0

Answer:

D.

Step-by-step explanation:

You could find the 8 terms and then add them up.

Let's do that.

Luckily we have the common ratio which is -5.   Common ratio means it is telling us what we are multiplying over and over to get the next term.

The first term is -11.

The second term is -5(-11)=55.

The third term is -5(55)=-275.

The fourth term is -5(-275)=1375.

The fifth term is -5(1375)=-6875.

The sixth term is -5(-6875)=34375.

The seventh terms is -5(34375)=-171875.

The eighth term is -5(-171875)=859375.

We get add these now. (That is what sum means.)

-11+55+-275+1375+-6875+34375+-171875+859375

=716144 which is choice D.

Now there is also a formula.

If you have a geometric series, where each term of the series is in the form a_1 \cdot r^{n-1}, then you can use the following formula to compute it's sum (if it is finite):

a_1\cdot \frac{1-r^{n}}{1-r}}

where a_1 is the first term and r is the common ratio. n is the number of terms you are adding.

We have all of those. Let's plug them in:

a_1=-11, r=-5, and n=8

-11 \cdot \frac{1-(-5)^{8}}{1-(-5)}

-11\cdot \frac{1-(-5)^{8}}{6}

-11 \cdot \frac{1-390625)}{6}

-11 \cdot \frac{-390624}{6}

-11 \cdot -65104

716144

Either way you go, you should get the same answer.

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