Geometric progression (g.p.), Mathematics

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Learning geometric progression vis-á-vis arithmetic progression should make it easier. In geometric progression also we denote the first term by 'a' but a  basic difference from A.P. is that instead of common difference we have common ratio 'r'. Like d, r remains constant whenever the ratio of any two consecutive terms is computed. The terms of a G.P. are

                   a, ar, ar2, ar3, ar4, ................, arn - 1  

That is,         T1     =     a

                   T2     =     ar

                   T3     =     ar2

                   :                :
                   :                :

                   Tn     =     arn - 1

This is similar to A.P. We take an example to become more familiar with this.

Example 

It is known that the first term in G.P. is 3 and the common ratio r is 2. Find the first three terms of this series and also the nth term.

We know that the first term is given by

                   T1     = a   = 3

                   T2     = ar   = 3.2     = 6

                   T3     = ar2  = 3.2.2 = 12

The nth term is given by  Tn  = arn-1  = 3(2)n-1


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