Sum of an Infinite Geometric Series (Direct Computation)
The student must compute the sum to infinity of a geometric series using the formula S = a/(1-r), without a recursive/contextual sequence transformation.
For two infinite geometric sequences $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\} , \left\{ b _ { n } \right\}$ with the same common ratio, $a _ { 1 } - b _ { 1 } = 1$, $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { \infty } a _ { n } = 8$, and $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { \infty } b _ { n } = 6$. Find the value of $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { \infty } a _ { n } b _ { n }$. [3 points]
On the coordinate plane, for a natural number $n$, the coordinates of point $\mathrm { P } _ { n }$ are $\left( n , 3 ^ { n } \right)$ and the coordinates of point $\mathrm { Q } _ { n }$ are $( n , 0 )$. Let $a _ { n }$ be the area of the quadrilateral $\mathrm { P } _ { n } \mathrm { Q } _ { n + 1 } \mathrm { Q } _ { n + 2 } \mathrm { P } _ { n + 1 }$. When $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { \infty } \frac { 1 } { a _ { n } } = \frac { q } { p }$, find the value of $p ^ { 2 } + q ^ { 2 }$. (where $p$ and $q$ are coprime natural numbers) [4 points]
For two sequences $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ and $\left\{ b _ { n } \right\}$, $$\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { \infty } a _ { n } = 4 , \quad \sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { \infty } b _ { n } = 10$$ find the value of $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { \infty } \left( a _ { n } + 5 b _ { n } \right)$. [3 points]
Let $f : \mathbb { R } \rightarrow \mathbb { R }$ be a continuous function such that $$f ( x + 1 ) = \frac { 1 } { 2 } f ( x ) \text { for all } x \in \mathbb { R } ,$$ and let $a _ { n } = \int _ { 0 } ^ { n } f ( x ) d x$ for all integers $n \geq 1$. Then: (A) $\lim _ { n \rightarrow \infty } a _ { n }$ exists and equals $\int _ { 0 } ^ { 1 } f ( x ) d x$. (B) $\lim _ { n \rightarrow \infty } a _ { n }$ does not exist. (C) $\lim _ { n \rightarrow \infty } a _ { n }$ exists if and only if $\left| \int _ { 0 } ^ { 1 } f ( x ) d x \right| < 1$. (D) $\lim _ { n \rightarrow \infty } a _ { n }$ exists and equals $2 \int _ { 0 } ^ { 1 } f ( x ) d x$.
Let $\mathrm { S } _ { \mathrm { k } } , \mathrm { k } = 1,2 , \ldots , 100$, denote the sum of the infinite geometric series whose first term is $\frac { \mathrm { k } - 1 } { \mathrm { k } ! }$ and the common ratio is $\frac { 1 } { \mathrm { k } }$. Then the value of $\frac { 100 ^ { 2 } } { 100 ! } + \sum _ { \mathrm { k } = 1 } ^ { 100 } \left| \left( \mathrm { k } ^ { 2 } - 3 \mathrm { k } + 1 \right) \mathrm { S } _ { \mathrm { k } } \right|$ is
If $b$ is the first term of an infinite geometric progression whose sum is five, then $b$ lies in the interval (1) $[ 10 , \infty )$ (2) $( - \infty , - 10 ]$ (3) $( - 10,0 )$ (4) $( 0,10 )$
If $b$ is the first term of an infinite G.P whose sum is five, then $b$ lies in the interval. (1) $( - \infty , - 10 )$ (2) $( 10 , \infty )$ (3) $( 0,10 )$ (4) $( - 10,0 )$
If the sum of an infinite GP, $a , a r , a r ^ { 2 } , a r ^ { 3 } , \ldots$ is 15 and the sum of the squares of its each term is 150 , then the sum of $a r ^ { 2 } , a r ^ { 4 } , a r ^ { 6 } , \ldots$ is: (1) $\frac { 25 } { 2 }$ (2) $\frac { 9 } { 2 }$ (3) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$ (4) $\frac { 5 } { 2 }$
Let $\left\{ a _ { k } \right\}$ and $\left\{ b _ { k } \right\} , k \in \mathbb { N }$, be two G.P.s with common ratio $r _ { 1 }$ and $r _ { 2 }$ respectively such that $\mathrm { a } _ { 1 } = \mathrm { b } _ { 1 } = 4$ and $\mathrm { r } _ { 1 } < \mathrm { r } _ { 2 }$. Let $\mathrm { c } _ { \mathrm { k } } = \mathrm { a } _ { \mathrm { k } } + \mathrm { b } _ { \mathrm { k } } , \mathrm { k } \in \mathbb { N }$. If $\mathrm { c } _ { 2 } = 5$ and $\mathrm { c } _ { 3 } = \frac { 13 } { 4 }$ then $\sum _ { \mathrm { k } = 1 } ^ { \infty } \mathrm { c } _ { \mathrm { k } } - \left( 12 \mathrm { a } _ { 6 } + 8 \mathrm {~b} _ { 4 } \right)$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$
If the range of $f ( \theta ) = \frac { \sin ^ { 4 } \theta + 3 \cos ^ { 2 } \theta } { \sin ^ { 4 } \theta + \cos ^ { 2 } \theta } , \theta \in \mathbb { R }$ is $[ \alpha , \beta ]$, then the sum of the infinite G.P., whose first term is 64 and the common ratio is $\frac { \alpha } { \beta }$, is equal to $\_\_\_\_$
Let $a , a r , a r ^ { 2 } , \quad$ be an infinite G.P. If $\sum _ { n = 0 } ^ { \infty } a r ^ { n } = 57$ and $\sum _ { n = 0 } ^ { \infty } a ^ { 3 } r ^ { 3 n } = 9747$, then $a + 18 r$ is equal to (1) 46 (2) 38 (3) 31 (4) 27
Let $\mathrm { E } _ { 1 } : \frac { x ^ { 2 } } { 9 } + \frac { y ^ { 2 } } { 4 } = 1$ be an ellipse. Ellipses $\mathrm { E } _ { i }$ are constructed such that their centres and eccentricities are same as that of $E _ { 1 }$, and the length of minor axis of $E _ { i }$ is the length of major axis of $E _ { i + 1 } ( i \geq 1 )$. If $A _ { i }$ is the area of the ellipse $E _ { i }$, then $\frac { 5 } { \pi } \left( \sum _ { i = 1 } ^ { \infty } A _ { i } \right)$, is equal to
Let $S = \mathbf { N } \cup \{ 0 \}$. Define a relation $R$ from $S$ to $\mathbf { R }$ by : $\mathbf { R } = \left\{ ( x , y ) : \log _ { \mathrm { e } } y = x \log _ { \mathrm { e } } \left( \frac { 2 } { 5 } \right) , x \in \mathrm {~S} , y \in \mathbf { R } \right\}$ Then, the sum of all the elements in the range of $R$ is equal to : (1) $\frac { 10 } { 9 }$ (2) $\frac { 3 } { 2 }$ (3) $\frac { 5 } { 2 }$ (4) $\frac { 5 } { 3 }$