Arithmetic Sequences and Series

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19. Let the common difference of an arithmetic sequence be d, the sum of the first n terms be, the common ratio of a geometric sequence be q. Given $= - = 2 , \mathrm { q } = \mathrm { d } , $ $= 100$. (I) Find the general term formulas of the sequences and. (II) When $\mathrm { d } > 1$, let $= c _ { n } = \frac { a _ { n } } { b _ { n } }$. Find the sum of the first n terms of the sequence.
20. Let $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } , a _ { 3 } , a _ { 4 }$ be terms of an arithmetic sequence with positive terms and common difference $\mathrm { d } ( d \neq 0 )$
(1) Prove that $2 ^ { a _ { 1 } } , 2 ^ { a _ { 2 } } , 2 ^ { a _ { 3 } } , 2 ^ { a _ { 4 } }$ form a geometric sequence in order
(2) Do there exist $a _ { 1 } , d$ such that $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } { } ^ { 2 } , a _ { 3 } { } ^ { 3 } , a _ { 4 } { } ^ { 4 }$ form a geometric sequence in order? Explain your reasoning
(3) Do there exist $a _ { 1 } , d$ and positive integers $n , k$ such that $a _ { 1 } { } ^ { n } , a _ { 2 } { } ^ { n + k } , a _ { 3 } { } ^ { n + 3 k } , a _ { 4 } { } ^ { n + 5 k }$ form a geometric sequence in order? Explain your reasoning
Supplementary Problems
For an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$, the sum of the first 9 terms is 27, and $a _ { 10 } = 8$, then $a _ { 100 } =$
(A) 100
(B) 99
(C) 98
(D) 97
Let $S$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. If $a _ { 4 } + a _ { 5 } = 24$ and $S _ { 6 } = 48$, then the common difference of $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ is
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
15. For an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ with sum of first $n$ terms $S _ { n }$, if $a _ { 3 } = \frac { 3 } { 2 } , S _ { 4 } = 10$, then $\sum_{k=1}^{n} \frac { 1 } { S _ { k } } = $ ______ [Figure]
III. Solving Problems: Questions 16-23 [Figure] [Figure]
(12 points)
Let $\{a_n\}$ be a sequence with $a_1 + a_2 = 2$.
(1) If $\{a_n\}$ is an arithmetic sequence and $a_1 + a_3 = 5$, find the general formula for $\{a_n\}$.
(2) If $\{a_n\}$ is a geometric sequence and $T_n$ denotes the sum of the first $n$ terms of another related sequence with $T_n = 21$, find $S_n$.
Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. Given $3 S _ { 3 } = S _ { 2 } + S _ { 4 }$ and $a _ { 1 } = 2$, then $a _ { 5 } =$
A. $- 12$
B. $- 10$
C. 10
D. 12
Let $S _ { n }$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. Given $a _ { 1 } = - 7 , S _ { 3 } = - 15$.
(1) Find the general term formula for $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$;
(2) Find $S _ { n }$ and the minimum value of $S _ { n }$.
(12 points)
Let $S _ { n }$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of arithmetic sequence $\{ a _ { n } \}$. Given $a _ { 1 } = - 7 , S _ { 3 } = - 15$.
(1) Find the general term formula of $\{ a _ { n } \}$;
(2) Find $S _ { n }$ and the minimum value of $S _ { n }$.
Executing the flowchart on the right, if the input $\varepsilon$ is 0.01, then the output value of $s$ equals
A. $2 - \frac { 1 } { 2 ^ { 4 } }$
B. $2 - \frac { 1 } { 2 ^ { 5 } }$
C. $2 - \frac { 1 } { 2 ^ { 6 } }$
D. $2 - \frac { 1 } { 2 ^ { 7 } }$
9. Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. Given $S _ { 4 } = 0 , a _ { 5 } = 5$, then
A. $a _ { n } = 2 n - 5$
B. $a _ { n } = 3 n - 10$
C. $S _ { n } = 2 n ^ { 2 } - 8 n$
D. $S _ { n } = \frac { 1 } { 2 } n ^ { 2 } - 2 n$
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9. Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ . Given $S _ { 4 } = 0 , a _ { 5 } = 5$ , then
A. $a _ { n } = 2 n - 5$
B. $a _ { n } = 3 n - 10$
C. $S _ { n } = 2 n ^ { 2 } - 8 n$
D. $S _ { n } = \frac { 1 } { 2 } n ^ { 2 } - 2 n$
Let $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ be an arithmetic sequence with the sum of the first $n$ terms being $S _ { n }$. If $a _ { 2 } = - 3 , S _ { 5 } = - 10$, then $a _ { 5 } =$ $\_\_\_\_$, and the minimum value of $S _ { n }$ is $\_\_\_\_$.
Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. If $a _ { 1 } \neq 0 , a _ { 2 } = 3 a _ { 1 }$ , then $\frac { S _ { 10 } } { S _ { 5 } } =$ \_\_\_\_\_\_.
14. Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ . If $a _ { 3 } = 5 , a _ { 7 } = 13$ , then $S _ { 10 } =$ $\_\_\_\_$ .
14. Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ . If $a _ { 1 } \neq 0$ and $a _ { 2 } = 3 a _ { 1 }$ , then $\frac { S _ { 10 } } { S _ { 5 } } =$ $\_\_\_\_$ .
The Circular Mound Altar at the Beijing Temple of Heaven is an ancient place for worshipping heaven, divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower. At the center of the upper level is a circular stone slab (called the Heaven's Heart Stone), surrounded by 9 fan-shaped stone slabs forming the first ring, with each outer ring increasing by 9 slabs. On the next level, the first ring has 9 more slabs than the last ring of the upper level, and each outer ring also increases by 9 slabs. It is known that each level has the same number of rings, and the lower level has 729 more slabs than the middle level. The total number of fan-shaped stone slabs (excluding the Heaven's Heart Stone) in all three levels is
A. 3699 slabs
B. 3474 slabs
C. 3402 slabs
D. 3339 slabs
In the sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ , $a _ { 1 } = 2 , a _ { m + n } = a _ { m } a _ { n }$ . If $a _ { k + 1 } + a _ { k + 2 } + \cdots + a _ { k + 10 } = 2 ^ { 15 } - 2 ^ { 5 }$ , then $k =$
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Given that $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ is an arithmetic sequence with non-zero common difference, and $a _ { 1 } + a _ { 10 } = a _ { 9 }$, find $\frac { a _ { 1 } + a _ { 2 } + \cdots a _ { 9 } } { a _ { 10 } } =$ $\_\_\_\_$
16. $5240 \left( 3 - \frac { n + 3 } { 2 ^ { n } } \right)$
Solution: According to the pattern, for a given $n$, folding $n$ times produces figures with dimensions of the form $\left( \frac { 20 } { 2 ^ { k } } \right) \text{ dm} \times \left( \frac { 10 } { 2 ^ { k } } \right) \text{ dm}$ for $k = 0, 1, \cdots, n$. The number of different sizes is $n + 1$. When $n = 4$, there are 5 different sizes. The area of each size is $S _ { n } = \frac { 240 ( n + 1 ) } { 2 ^ { n } }$. Therefore,
$$\begin{gathered} \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { n } S _ { k } = 240 \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { k + 1 } { 2 ^ { k } } = 240 \left( 2 \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { k + 1 } { 2 ^ { k } } - \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { k + 1 } { 2 ^ { k } } \right) \\ = 240 \left( \sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { n - 1 } \frac { k + 2 } { 2 ^ { k } } - \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { k + 1 } { 2 ^ { k } } \right) = 240 \left( 2 - \frac { n + 1 } { 2 ^ { n } } + \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { n - 1 } \frac { 1 } { 2 ^ { k } } \right) \\ = 240 \left( 3 - \frac { n + 3 } { 2 ^ { n } } \right) \left( \text{dm} ^ { 2 } \right) \end{gathered}$$
IV. Solution Questions
17.
(1)
By mathematical induction, we can deduce that
$$a _ { n } = \begin{cases} \frac { 3 n - 1 } { 2 } & \text{if } 2 \nmid n \\ \frac { 2 n - 2 } { 2 } & \text{if } 2 \mid n \end{cases}$$
Thus $b _ { n } = a _ { 2 n } = 3 n - 1$ for $n \in \mathbb { Z } ^ { + }$, with $b _ { 1 } = 2, b _ { 2 } = 5$.
(2)
$$\begin{gathered} \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { 20 } a _ { k } = \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { 10 } a _ { 2 k - 1 } + \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { 10 } a _ { 2 k } \\ = \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { 10 } ( 3 k - 2 ) + \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { 10 } ( 3 k - 1 ) \\ = 6 \sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { 10 } k - 30 = 300 \end{gathered}$$
17. Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ with non-zero common difference. If $a _ { 3 } = S _ { 5 }$ and $a _ { 2 } a _ { 4 } = S _ { 4 }$ .
(1) Find the general term formula $a _ { n }$ of the sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ ;
(2) Find the minimum value of $n$ such that $S _ { n } > a _ { n }$ holds.
Answer: (1) $a _ { n } = 2 n - 6$ ; (2) 7 .
[Solution]
[Analysis] (1) From the given conditions, first find the value of $a _ { 3 }$ , then combine with the given conditions to find the common difference of the sequence to determine the general term formula;
(2) First find the expression for the sum of the first $n$ terms, then solve the quadratic inequality to determine the minimum value of $n$ . [Detailed Solution] (1) By the properties of arithmetic sequences, we have $S _ { 5 } = 5 a _ { 3 }$ , thus: $a _ { 3 } = 5 a _ { 3 }$ , therefore $a _ { 3 } = 0$ ,
Let the common difference of the arithmetic sequence be $d$ . Then: $a _ { 2 } a _ { 4 } = \left( a _ { 3 } - d \right) \left( a _ { 3 } + d \right) = - d ^ { 2 }$ , $S _ { 4 } = a _ { 1 } + a _ { 2 } + a _ { 3 } + a _ { 4 } = \left( a _ { 3 } - 2 d \right) + \left( a _ { 3 } - d \right) + a _ { 3 } + \left( a _ { 3 } + d \right) = 4a_3 - 2d = -2d$ ,
Thus: $- d ^ { 2 } = - 2 d$ . Since the common difference is non-zero, we have: $d = 2$ ,
The general term formula of the sequence is: $a _ { n } = a _ { 3 } + ( n - 3 ) d = 2 n - 6$ .
(2) From the general term formula, we have: $a _ { 1 } = 2 - 6 = - 4$ , thus: $S _ { n } = n \times ( - 4 ) + \frac { n ( n - 1 ) } { 2 } \times 2 = n ^ { 2 } - 5 n$ . The inequality $S _ { n } > a _ { n }$ becomes: $n ^ { 2 } - 5 n > 2 n - 6$ . Simplifying: $( n - 1 ) ( n - 6 ) > 0$ ,
Solving: $n < 1$ or $n > 6$ . Since $n$ is a positive integer, the minimum value of $n$ is 7 . [Key Point] The solution of basic quantities in arithmetic sequences is a fundamental problem in arithmetic sequences. The key to solving such problems is to master the relevant formulas of arithmetic sequences and apply them flexibly.
18. Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. Given that $a _ { n } > 0 , a _ { 2 } = 3 a _ { 1 }$, and the sequence $\left\{ \sqrt { S _ { n } } \right\}$ is an arithmetic sequence. Prove that $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ is an arithmetic sequence.
18. (12 points) Given that all terms of the sequence $\{a_n\}$ are positive numbers, and $S_n$ denotes the sum of the first $n$ terms of $\{a_n\}$. Choose two of the following three statements as conditions and prove the remaining one.
(1) The sequence $\{a_n\}$ is an arithmetic sequence;
(2) The sequence $\{\sqrt{S_n}\}$ is an arithmetic sequence;
(3) $a_2 = 3a_1$.
Note: If different combinations are answered correctly, only the first answer will be scored.
Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of the arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. If $2 S _ { 1 } = 3 S _ { 2 } + 6$ , then the common difference $d = $ $\_\_\_\_$ .