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MissTica
3 years ago
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What is the sum of the first five terms of the geometric series 3 − 6 + 12 − . . . ?

Mathematics
1 answer:
mezya [45]3 years ago
5 0

<span>3,−6,12,−24,...</span>

You can rewrite this as:

<span><span><span>(−1)</span>n</span>3⋅<span>(1,2,4,8,...)</span></span>

If we focus on <span>1,2,4,8...</span>

<span><span>a<span>n+1</span></span>=2<span>an</span></span>
with <span><span>a0</span>=1</span>.

This can be written out as a nice sum:
<span><span><span>N∑</span><span>n=0</span></span><span>2n</span>=<span>20</span>+<span>21</span>+<span>22</span>+<span>23</span>+...</span>
<span>=1+2+4+8+...</span>

Thus, now we can recombine everything to get:

<span>3<span><span>N∑</span><span>n=0</span></span><span><span>(−1)</span>n</span><span>2<span>n
</span></span></span>

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