Given conditions on partial sums S_n or relationships among specific terms of a geometric sequence, the student must find unknown terms, the common ratio, or the sum of a specified number of terms.
Question 167 A soma dos termos de uma progressão geométrica finita de razão $q = 2$, primeiro termo $a_1 = 1$ e $n = 5$ termos é (A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 31 (D) 32 (E) 63
Uma progressão geométrica tem primeiro termo $a_1 = 2$ e razão $q = 3$. A soma dos quatro primeiros termos dessa progressão é (A) 26 (B) 40 (C) 54 (D) 80 (E) 162
For a geometric sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ with common ratio $r$ and $a _ { 2 } = 1$, let $\omega = a _ { 1 } a _ { 2 } a _ { 3 } \cdots a _ { 10 }$ be the product of the first 10 terms. Find the value of $\log _ { r } \omega$. (Here, $r > 0$ and $r \neq 1$.) [3 points]
Four numbers $1 , a , b , c$ form a geometric sequence with common ratio $r$ in this order, and satisfy $\log _ { 8 } c = \log _ { a } b$. What is the value of the common ratio $r$? (where $r > 1$) [3 points] (1) 2 (2) $\frac { 5 } { 2 }$ (3) 3 (4) $\frac { 7 } { 2 }$ (5) 4
For two natural numbers $a$ and $b$, the three numbers $a ^ { n } , 2 ^ { 4 } \times 3 ^ { 6 } , b ^ { n }$ form a geometric sequence in this order. Find the minimum value of $a b$. (Here, $n$ is a natural number.) [4 points]
For a geometric sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ with positive common ratio, if $a _ { 1 } = 3 , a _ { 5 } = 48$, what is the value of $a _ { 3 }$? [3 points] (1) 18 (2) 16 (3) 14 (4) 12 (5) 10
When three numbers $\frac { 9 } { 4 } , a , 4$ form a geometric sequence in this order, what is the value of the positive number $a$? [3 points] (1) $\frac { 8 } { 3 }$ (2) 3 (3) $\frac { 10 } { 3 }$ (4) $\frac { 11 } { 3 }$ (5) 4
For a geometric sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ with first term 7, let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms. $$\frac { S _ { 9 } - S _ { 5 } } { S _ { 6 } - S _ { 2 } } = 3$$ Find the value of $a _ { 7 }$. [3 points]
For a geometric sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ with all positive terms, $$\frac { a _ { 16 } } { a _ { 14 } } + \frac { a _ { 8 } } { a _ { 7 } } = 12$$ Find the value of $\frac { a _ { 3 } } { a _ { 1 } } + \frac { a _ { 6 } } { a _ { 3 } }$. [3 points]
For a geometric sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ with first term $\frac { 1 } { 8 }$, if $\frac { a _ { 3 } } { a _ { 2 } } = 2$, what is the value of $a _ { 5 }$? [2 points] (1) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$ (2) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$ (3) 1 (4) 2 (5) 4
A sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ satisfies the following conditions. (a) $\left| a _ { 1 } \right| = 2$ (b) For all natural numbers $n$, $\left| a _ { n + 1 } \right| = 2 \left| a _ { n } \right|$. (c) $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { 10 } a _ { n } = - 14$ Find the value of $a _ { 1 } + a _ { 3 } + a _ { 5 } + a _ { 7 } + a _ { 9 }$. [4 points]
Let $S_n$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of a geometric sequence $\{a_n\}$. $$S_4 - S_2 = 3a_4, \quad a_5 = \frac{3}{4}$$ Find the value of $a_1 + a_2$. [3 points] (1) 27 (2) 24 (3) 21 (4) 18 (5) 15
A geometric sequence $\left\{ a_{n} \right\}$ with first term and common ratio both equal to a positive number $k$ satisfies $$\frac{a_{4}}{a_{2}} + \frac{a_{2}}{a_{1}} = 30$$ What is the value of $k$? [3 points] (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) 5
18. The sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ is an increasing geometric sequence with $a _ { 1 } + a _ { 4 } = 9 , a _ { 2 } a _ { 3 } = 8$. (1) Find the general term formula of the sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$; (2) Let $S _ { n }$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of the sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$, and $b _ { n } = \frac { a _ { n + 1 } } { S _ { n } S _ { n + 1 } }$. Find the sum $T _ { n }$ of the first $n$ terms of the sequence $\left\{ b _ { n } \right\}$.
Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of the sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. If $S _ { n } = 2 a _ { n } + 1$, then $S _ { 6 } = \_\_\_\_$
A geometric sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ with all positive terms has the sum of its first 4 terms equal to 15, and $a _ { 5 } = 3 a _ { 3 } + 4 a _ { 1 }$ . Then $a _ { 3 } =$ A. 16 B. 8 C. 4 D. 2
14. Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of a geometric sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. If $a _ { 1 } = \frac { 1 } { 3 } , a _ { 4 } ^ { 2 } = a _ { 6 }$, then $S _ { 3 } = \_\_\_\_$.