ACTIVITY 12: MORE PROBLEMS IN GEOMETRIC SEQUENCES

Do the following:
1. Create a concept web for geometric sequences.

GEOMETRIC
SEQUENCE

A geometric sequence is a sequence where each

term after the first term is obtained by
multiplying the preceding term by a nonzero
constant called the common ratio.

Finding the nth term Sum of finite and

of Geometric Geometric Means infinite geometric
sequence sequence

The nth term of a Geometric means are the The formula for the sum of the first n
geometric sequence is terms between any two non- terms in a geometric sequence is Sn=
an= a1rn-1 where a1 is successive terms in a a1-a1rn or Sn= a1(1-rn)
the first term, an is the geometric sequence. The
1-r 1-r
nth term, and r is the geometric mean between two
common ratio. numbers a and b is √ab if a Where Sn is the sum, a1 is the first
and b are positive, -√ab if a term and r is the common ratio if r is
and b are negative. not equal to 1.

The sum of the terms of an infinite

geometric sequence is S= a1 divided
by 1-r, where a1 is the first term and r
is the common ratio and I r I < 1.

If r= 1, Sn=na1.

If r= -1 and n is even, Sn=0

If r= -1 and n is odd, Sn= a1

 2. Compare and contrast arithmetic and geometric sequences using a two-column chart.

Arithmetic Sequence Geometric Sequence

 Has a common difference  Has a common ratio

 The nth term is defined as  The nth term is defined as

an= a1+ (n-1)d an= a1rn-1

 A constant is being added  A constant is being

multiplied

3. Given the geometric sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, …, think of a simple real-life situation which
represents this sequence.
Justin has a rectangular piece of paper. As he folds the paper into half, two rectangles were made. He
tried to fold it again and had four rectangles. Again he folded it and had eight rectangles. He
repeated the procedure and ended up multiplying the last term by two to find the next term.

Sequence: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32
No of folds 0 1 2 3 4 5
No of 1 2 4 8 16 32
rectangles

4. Find the value of x so that x + 2, 5x + 1, x + 11 will form a geometric sequence. Justify your answer.
Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the given sequence.
an= a1rn-1

x+11/5x+1 = 5x+1/x+2
(5x+1)(5x+1) = (x+11)(x+2)
25x2+10x+1 = x2 +13x+22
25x2-x2+10x-13x+1-22 = 0
24x2-3x-21 = 0
Or
8x2-x-7 = 0

8x+7=0 x-1=0
8x= -7 x= 1 The values of x are -7/8 and 1.
X= -7/8
Sn= a1(1-rn)/1-r

S10= 3(1-210)/1-2
S10=3(1-1024)/-1
S10=3(-1023)/-1
S10= -3069/ -1 The sum of the first 10 terms
S10= 3,069 is 3069.
 5. Find the value of x if the geometric mean of 2x and 19x – 2 is 7x – 2.

2x, 7x-2, 19x-2

19x-2/7x-2 = 7x-2/2x
(7x-2)(7x-2) = 2x(19x-2)
49x2-28x+4= 38x2-4x
49x2-38x2-28x+4x+4=0 The values of x are 2/11
11x2-24x+4=0 and 2.

11x-2=0 x-2=0
11x=2 x=2
X= 2/11
6. The World Health Organization reported that about 16 million adolescent girls between 15 and 19
years of age give birth each year. Knowing the adverse effects of adolescent childbearing on the
health of the mothers as well as their infants, a group of students from Magiting High School
volunteered to help the government in its campaign for the prevention of early pregnancy by giving
lectures to 7 barangays about the WHO Guidelines on teenage pregnancy. Girls from other barangay
heard about it, so 8 girls attended from Barangay 2, 16 for Barangay 3, and so on.

a. Make a table representing the number of adolescent girls who attended the lecture from
Barangay 1 to Barangay 7 assuming that the numbers of attendees doubles at each barangay.

Barangay 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

No. of girls who attended 4 8 16 32 64 128 256

b. Analyze the data in the table and create a formula. Use the formula to justify your data in the
table.
Formula: an= 4(2)n-1
Justification: Barangay 7, 256 girls
an=4(2)6
an= 4(64)
an= 256

b. Because people who heard about the lecture given by the group thought that it would be
beneficial to them, five more different barangays requested the group to do the lectures for them.
If the number of young girls who will listen to the lecture from these five barangays will increase
as the same manner as that of the first seven barangays, determine the total number of girls who
will benefit from the lecture.
a12= 4(2)11= 1892
S12= 4-8192(2)/1-2
=16380
The total number of girls who benifited from the lecture is 16, 380.
MAY THE BEST MAN WIN
Imagine that you were one of the people in the Human Resource group of a fast growing company in the
Philippines. All of you were asked by the management to create a salary scheme for a very important job
that the company would offer to the best IT graduate this year. The management gave a salary range good
for two years, telling everyone in your group that whoever could give a salary scheme that would best
benefit both the employer and the would-be employees would be given incentives.

1. In your respective group, make use of all the concepts you learned on geometric sequences
considering the starting salary, the rate of increase, time frame, etc. in making different salary
schemes and in deciding which one will be the best for both the employer and the would-be
employees.
2. Prepare a visual presentation of your chosen salary scheme with the different data that were used,
together with the formulas and all the computations done. You may include one or two salary
schemes that you have prepared in your group for comparisons.
3. In a simulated board meeting, show your visual presentation to your classmates who will act as the
human resource administrative officers.

Aesha was asked to create a salary scheme for an important job that their company would offer to the best
IT graduates. She offered 10, 000 Php as starting salary and will receive 20% additional on the last salary
every four months. What will be the salary on the 24th month? How much will be his total earnings in 10
years?
January-April May-August September- January-April May-August September-
December December
10 000 Php 12 000 Php 14 400 Php 17 280 Php 20736 Php 24 883.20 Php

an= a1rn-1
24/4= 6
an= (10 000)(1.2) 5
an= (10000)(2.48832)
an= 24 883. 20

The would-be employees will receive 24 883.20 Php on the 24th month.

Sn= a1(1-rn)/1-r
S6= (10000)(1-2.985984)/1-1.2
S6= (10000)(-1.985984)/-0.2
s6= -19859.84/-0.2
s6=99299.2

The would be employees will have 99 299.20 Php as total earning at the end of the 2nd year.