SEQUENCES AND SERIES

Arithmetic Sequence and Series

Arithmetic Sequence Geometric Sequence and Series (Finite)

An arithmetic sequence is a sequence of
numbers such that the difference of any two
successive members of the sequence is a
constant.

Formula:

Geometric Series

A geometric series is the sum of an geometric

sequence.

Formulas for Geometric Series:

𝑎1 (𝑟 𝑛 − 1)
𝑆𝑛 =
𝑟−1

𝑎1 (1 − 𝑟 𝑛 )
𝑆𝑛 =
1−𝑟

where
𝑎1 = 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚
𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚
𝑛 = 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠
Arithmetic Mean 𝑟 = 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜

The arithmetic mean of a set of data is found by Geometric Mean

taking the sum of the data, and then dividing the
sum by the total number of values in the set. A The Geometric Mean is a special type of average
mean is commonly referred to as an average. where we multiply the numbers together and then
take a square root (for two numbers), cube root
𝑺𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒐𝒔. (for three numbers) etc.
𝑨𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 =
𝒏

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𝑛
𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 = √𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑠.

Infinite Geometric Series

If r > 1, sum of all terms is infinite

If r < 1, sum of all terms if

𝑎1
𝑆𝑛 =
1−𝑟

where
𝑎1 = 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚
𝑟 = 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜

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