If the 4014th term of a geometric sequence of non-negative numbers is 135, and the 14th term is 375, what is the 2014th term?
Let the first term be a and the common ratio = r
ar^(13) = 3755 ⇒ a = 375 / r^13 (1)
And
ar^4013 = 135 (2) sub (1) into (2)
(375 / (r^13) ( r^4013) = 135
375 r^4000 = 135
r^4000 = 135/375 =9/25
r = (9/25)^(1/4000)
The 2014th term is
(375/r^13)[ r]^(2013) =
375 [ r]^2000 =
375 ( [ 9/25]^(1/4000)) ^2000 =
375 ( 9/25) ^(1/2) =
375 (3/5) =
225
If the 4014th term of a geometric sequence of non-negative numbers is 135,
and the 14th term is 375,
what is the 2014th term?
\(\begin{array}{|rcll|} \hline i < j < k \\ a_i &=& ar^{i-1} \\ a_j &=& ar^{j-1} \\ a_k &=& ar^{k-1} \\ \hline \dfrac{a_k}{a_i} &=& r^{(k-1)-(i-1)} \\ \mathbf{\dfrac{a_k}{a_i}} &=& \mathbf{r^{k-i}} \\\\ \dfrac{a_k}{a_j} &=& r^{(k-1)-(j-1)} \\ \mathbf{\dfrac{a_k}{a_j}} &=& \mathbf{r^{k-j}} \\ \hline r= \left(\dfrac{a_k}{a_i}\right)^{\frac{1}{k-i}} &=& \left(\dfrac{a_k}{a_j}\right)^{\frac{1}{k-j}} \\\\ a_k^{\frac{1}{k-i}} a_j^{\frac{1}{k-j}} &=& a_k^{\frac{1}{k-j}} a_i^{\frac{1}{k-i}} \\\\ a_j^{\frac{1}{k-j}} &=& a_k^{\frac{1}{k-j}-\frac{1}{k-i}} a_i^{\frac{1}{k-i}} \\\\ a_j^{\frac{1}{k-j}} &=& a_k^{\frac{k-i-k+j}{(k-j)(k-i)}} a_i^{\frac{1}{k-i}} \\\\ a_j^{\frac{1}{k-j}} &=& a_k^{\frac{j-i}{(k-j)(k-i)}} a_i^{\frac{1}{k-i}} \\\\ \mathbf{a_j} &=& \mathbf{a_k^{\frac{j-i}{k-i}} a_i^{\frac{k-j}{k-i}} } \\ \hline \end{array}\)
\(\begin{array}{|rcll|} \hline \mathbf{a_j} &=& \mathbf{a_k^{\frac{j-i}{k-i}} a_i^{\frac{k-j}{k-i}} } \\\\ && \boxed{a_{14} =375=a_i\quad i = 14\\ a_{2014}=a_j \quad j=2014\\ a_{4014}=135=a_k\quad k=4014} \\\\ a_{2014} &=& 135^{\frac{2014-14}{4014-14}} 375^{\frac{4014-2014}{4014-14}} \\\\ a_{2014} &=& 135^{\frac{2000}{4000}} 375^{\frac{2000}{4000}} \\\\ a_{2014} &=& 135^{\frac{1}{2}} 375^{\frac{1}{2}} \\\\ a_{2014} &=& \sqrt{135*375} \\ a_{2014} &=& \sqrt{50625} \\ \mathbf{a_{2014}} &=& \mathbf{225} \\ \hline \end{array}\)
The 2014th term is 225