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Grade 11 Functions (MCR3U)
Unit 5: Pascal’s Triangle, Binomial Theorem, Sequences & Series Geometric Series Mr. Choi © 2018 E. Choi – MCR3U - All Rights Reserved
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Recall: What is a Series?
A series is the sum of terms of a sequence. The sum of the first n terms in a sequence is denoted as Sn. S5 the sum of the first 5 terms Geometric Series © 2018 E. Choi – MCR3U - All Rights Reserved
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Geometric Series Recall: A sequence like 2, 6, 18, 54,…, is called a Geometric sequence with a = 2 and r = 3. Therefore a series that corresponds to this geometric sequence is …, is called a geometric series. Geometric Series © 2018 E. Choi – MCR3U - All Rights Reserved
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Geometric Series Formula
Recall: Geometric Sequence formula The Sum of the First n terms of a Geometric Series Multiply this series by r Subtract this two rows All the terms except the first and last are cancelled out or Formula 2 (Optional) Formula 1 Geometric Series © 2018 E. Choi – MCR3U - All Rights Reserved
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Example 1 – Sum of a Series given the first term
Find the sum of the first 9 terms of the geometric series. Geometric Series © 2018 E. Choi – MCR3U - All Rights Reserved
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Example 2 – Sum of a Series given the first term
Find the sum of the first 14 terms of the geometric series. Geometric Series © 2018 E. Choi – MCR3U - All Rights Reserved
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Example 3 – Sum of a series given first and last terms
Find the sum of the geometric series 7 7 There are 7 terms in the series. Geometric Series © 2018 E. Choi – MCR3U - All Rights Reserved
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Example 4 – Word Problem A tennis tournament has 128 entrants. A player is dropped from the competition after losing one match. Winning players go on to another match. What is the total number of matches that will be played in this tournament? Since there are 2 players/match, the first term Half of the players drop out because they lost. 7 Since there will be a single match played at the end of the tournament, the last term is 1. 7 Therefore a total of 127 matches will be played in this tournament. Geometric Series © 2018 E. Choi – MCR3U - All Rights Reserved
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Homework: Text Book: P.408 #1-7 (ac for all), 9-12 Work Sheet:
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End of Lesson Geometric Series
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