Geometric Progression

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Geometric Progression: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Geometric Progression (G.P.), Common Ratio of a G.P., nth Term of a G.P., Sum of First n Terms of a G.P, Sum of Infinite Terms of a G.P, Properties of G.P., Geometric Means (G.M.) of Two Numbers, etc.

Important Questions on Geometric Progression

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In the series 2, 6, 18, 54, ... what will be the 8th term ?

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The sum of the first 10 terms of the series 2+4+8+............ is equal to_____.

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If 1 + 10 + 102 + ............. upto n terms=10n-19, then the sum of the series 4 + 44 + 444 + ......... upto n term is _____.

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How many terms are there in the G.P. 3, 6, 12, 24,......,384?

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What should come in place of ? in the following number series?

2, 6, 18, 54, ? and what will be the 8th term ?

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How many terms are there in the G.P. 3, 6, 12, 24, ... , 384 ?

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In the series 7, 14, 28, ..., what will be the 10th term ?

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What should come in place of ? in the following number series?

5, 10, 20, 40, ? and which term of the series is 1280 ?

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For 0<ϕ< π 2 , if x=n=0cos2nϕ, y=n=0sin2nϕ, z=n=0cos2nϕsin2nϕ, then

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The third term of the G.P is 4. The product of first 5 terms is

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If 1.0550=11.658, then n=1491.05n equals

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The value of sum n=113in+in+1, where i=1, equals

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The first two terms of a geometric progression add up to 12. The sum of the third and the fourth terms is 48. If the terms of the geometric progression are alternately positive and negative, then the first terms is

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Let x1,x2,,x6, be the roots of the polynomial equation x6+2x5+4x4+8x3+16x2+32x+64=0. Then

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Find the value of k such that 3k-1 , 5k , 11k-2 are in geometric progression and k>1 :

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Find the sixth term for the sequence 1 , 2.50 , 6.25 ,  :

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What will be the sum of first 10 terms of the sequence 20, -10, 5, -2.5 ?

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Let a,b be distinct positive real numbers, whose geometric mean equals at-99+bt-99at-100+bt-100. Then t must equal

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The sum of infinite number of terms of a Geometric Progression is 3 and the sum of the squares of its terms is 92. The sum of the cubes of its terms is

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Let a<1, b<1, c<1 and x=n=0an, y=n=0bn, z=n=0cn. If 1x, 1y and 1z are in Arithmetic Progression, then