+116 The value of the series 4+4x+4x^2+4x^3... is a real number greater than 8. Find all possible values of x, giving your answer in interval notation.
Find \(1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{12} + \frac{1}{36} + \dotsb,\) where we alternately multiply by 1/2 and 1/3 to get the next term.
In a certain infinite geometric series, the first term is 1, and each term is equal to the sum of the two terms after it. (For example, the first term is equal to the sum of the second term and third term). If s is the sum of the series and r is the common ratio, find s - r.
+37153 Sum of a geometric series Sn = a1/(1-r)
in this geometric series r = x a1 = 4
if you want total to be greater than 8:
8< 4/(1-x)
8-8x < 4
4<8x
x> 1/2 Interval notation: (1/2, 1) we have to limit it to 1 r cannot equal 1 (the equation would have 0 in denominator) and it cannot be GREATER than one....because then the series becomes divergent and has no sum.
+26393 3.
In a certain infinite geometric series, the first term is 1, and each term is equal to the sum of the two terms after it.
(For example, the first term is equal to the sum of the second term and third term).
If s is the sum of the series and r is the common ratio, find s - r.
\(\text{The infinite geometric series, the first term is 1, is: $\large{1+r+r^2+r^3+r^4+\ldots}$ } \\ \text{The sum of this infinite geometric series is: $\large{s=\dfrac{1}{1-r}}$ } \\ \text{Each term is equal to the sum of the two terms after it: $ \large{1=r+r^2}$ or $\mathbf{r^2 = 1-r}$ } \)
\(\begin{array}{|rcll|} \hline s-r &=& \dfrac{1}{1-r} - r \\\\ s-r &=& \dfrac{1}{1-r} - r\cdot \left(\dfrac{1-r}{1-r}\right) \\\\ s-r &=& \dfrac{1-r(1-r)}{1-r} \\\\ s-r &=& \dfrac{(1-r)+r^2}{1-r} \quad | \quad \mathbf{r^2 = 1-r} \\\\ s-r &=& \dfrac{(1-r)+(1-r)}{1-r} \\\\ s-r &=& \dfrac{2(1-r)}{(1-r)} \\\\ \mathbf{s-r} & \mathbf{=} & \mathbf{2} \\ \hline \end{array} \)
