Chapter 8
Predicting What Comes Next: Exploring Sequences and Progressions
CBSE Class 9
Mathematics Solutions
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Question:

Find a GP for which the sum of the first two terms is -4 and the fifth term is 4 times the third term.

Answer: Verified

Let first term = aa and common ratio = rr.

First two terms:

a+ar=4a + ar = -4

a(1+r)=4...(i)a(1 + r) = -4 \quad \text{...(i)}

Also, T5=4T3T_5 = 4T_3

ar4=4(ar2)ar^4 = 4(ar^2)

r2=4r^2 = 4

r=2 or 2r = 2 \text{ or } -2

From (i):

Case 1: r=2r = 2

a(1+2)=4a(1 + 2) = -4

3a=43a = -4

a=43a = -\frac{4}{3}

GP: 43,83,163,\text{GP: } -\frac{4}{3}, -\frac{8}{3}, -\frac{16}{3}, \dots

Case 2: r=2r = -2

a(12)=4a(1 - 2) = -4

a=4-a = -4

a=4a = 4

GP: 4, -8, 16, -32, ...

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