Multi-Part Structured Problem on AP

A multi-part problem that first asks to establish the general term formula of an AP and then uses it to answer a further question such as finding a sum, proving an inequality, or computing a derived quantity.

gaokao 2015 Q16 13 marks View
Given that the arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ satisfies $a _ { 1 } + a _ { 2 } = 10$ and $a _ { 4 } - a _ { 3 } = 2$.\n(I) Find the general term formula of $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$;\n(II) Let the geometric sequence $\left\{ b _ { n } \right\}$ satisfy $b _ { 2 } = a _ { 3 }$ and $b _ { 3 } = a _ { 7 }$. Question: Which term of the sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ is equal to $b _ { 6 }$?
gaokao 2015 Q16 13 marks View
An arithmetic sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ satisfies $a _ { 3 } = 2$ and the sum of the first 3 terms $S _ { 3 } = \frac { 9 } { 2 }$ .
(I) Find the general term formula for $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$;
(II) A geometric sequence $\left\{ b _ { n } \right\}$ satisfies $b _ { 1 } = a _ { 1 } , b _ { 4 } = a _ { 15 }$. Find the sum of the first $n$ terms $T _ { n }$ of $\left\{ b _ { n } \right\}$.
gaokao 2015 Q17 15 marks View
17. (15 points) Given sequences $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ and $\left\{ b _ { n } \right\}$ satisfying $a _ { 1 } = 2 , b _ { 1 } = 1 , a _ { n + 1 } = 2 a _ { n } \left( \mathrm { n } \in \mathrm { N } ^ { * } \right)$ , $b _ { 1 } + \frac { 1 } { 2 } b _ { 2 } + \frac { 1 } { 3 } b _ { 3 } + \cdots + \frac { 1 } { n } b _ { n } = b _ { n + 1 } - 1 \left( \mathrm { n } \in \mathrm { N } ^ { * } \right)$ .
(1) Find $a _ { n }$ and $b _ { n }$ ;
(2) Let $T _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first n terms of the sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } b _ { n } \right\}$ . Find $T _ { n }$ .
gaokao 2018 Q17 12 marks View
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 $S _ { n }$.
gaokao 2018 Q17 12 marks View
(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 $S _ { n }$.
gaokao 2019 Q10 5 marks View
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 $\_\_\_\_$.
gaokao 2021 Q17 View
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.
gaokao 2022 Q18 12 marks View
Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of the sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. Given $\frac { 2 S _ { n } } { n } + n = 2 a _ { n } + 1$ .
(1) Prove that $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ is an arithmetic sequence;
(2) If $a _ { 4 } , a _ { 7 } , a _ { 9 }$ form a geometric sequence, find the minimum value of $S _ { n }$ .
gaokao 2022 Q17 12 marks View
Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of the sequence $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$. Given that $\frac { 2 S _ { n } } { n } + n = 2 a _ { n } + 1$.
(1) Prove that $\left\{ a _ { n } \right\}$ is an arithmetic sequence;
(2) If $a _ { 4 }$, $a _ { 7 }$, $a _ { 9 }$ form a geometric sequence, find the minimum value of $S _ { n }$.