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Math 10 Module - Q1, WK 5

1) This document discusses geometric means and sequences. It provides examples of determining the common ratio and geometric means of given geometric sequences. 2) Activities include finding missing terms and geometric means of various finite geometric sequences through determining the common ratio and multiplying terms. 3) One example calculates the number of bacteria present after doubling every hour, finding 25,600 bacteria on the 6th day and asking for the 3rd day amount.

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Math 10 Module - Q1, WK 5

1) This document discusses geometric means and sequences. It provides examples of determining the common ratio and geometric means of given geometric sequences. 2) Activities include finding missing terms and geometric means of various finite geometric sequences through determining the common ratio and multiplying terms. 3) One example calculates the number of bacteria present after doubling every hour, finding 25,600 bacteria on the 6th day and asking for the 3rd day amount.

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10

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Mathematics
00 11

Quarter 1 - Module 5

 Determines geometric means, nth term


of a geometric sequence and sum of the
terms of a given finite or infinite
geometric sequence.

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines


Sub-topic: Geometric Means
PROCEDURE
A. Preliminaries
From Tambulig Town Proper, what are the barangays that you will pass by if you are going to
Molave Town Proper? How many barangays are there inside the two endpoints/towns? There are
four barangays. What are those?
Answer: Lower Lodiong, Gabunon, Sudlon, and Blancia. Tambulig Town Proper and Molave
Town Proper are endpoints. The number of barangays mentioned above has a similarity to the
concept of our topic today. There are four (4) barangays that you will pass by when you started
from Tambulig Town Proper going to Molave.

B. Lesson Proper
Example 1: Given the geometric sequence 4, 8, 16, 32, 64. For instance, the only given are
the first and the last term, as in 4, __, __, __, 64. How can we solve the geometric means?
Solutions:
Step 1: Find the common ratio.

an = a1rn – 1
64 = 4r5 – 1 substitute the first and last terms
64 = 4r4 simplify the exponent
64 4 4
= r apply MPE
4 4
16 = r4 coefficient of r now is 1
24 = r4 exponential equation
±2 = r common ratio
Step 2: Multiply the first term by the common ratio r = 2 to get the second term.
Repeat the process until you solve the three geometric means.
Use r = -2 to find the other geometric sequence.

a2 = 4 x 2 ; a2 = 8
a3 = 8 x 2 ; a3 = 16
a4 = 16 x 2 ; a4 = 32
Note: There are two common ratios, therefore there are also two sets of geometric
sequences: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and 4, -8, 16, -32, 64.
Answer: The three geometric means are 8, 16, 32 and -8, 16, -32.

Example 2: Insert two geometric means in the sequence 6, __, __, 384.
Solutions:
Step 1: Determine the number of terms.
There are four terms in the given geometric sequence, n = 4.
Step 2: Find the common ratio (r).
an = a1rn – 1 Use this formula to find the common ratio.
4–1
384 = 6r Substitute the first term, last term and the exponent
384 = 6r3 Simplify the exponent
384 6 3
= r apply MPE to cancel the coefficient of r
6 6
64 = r3 Make the coefficient of r equal to 1
43 = r 3 Express 16 in exponential form such that the
exponential equation has the same exponents
43 = r 3 Expression with the same exponents are equal

4 = r (1) if the exponent being cancelled is even, there are


positive and negative common ratios, and
(2) if the exponent being cancelled is odd,
there is either a positive or a negative common
ratio.
Step 3: Use r = 4, Multiply the first term by the common ratio to find the second term.
Answer: 6, 24, 86, 384 (the geometric means are 24 and 86)

ACTIVITY 1
A. Give the geometric means of the following geometric sequence:
1. 3, ___, ___, ___, 1875
2. 6, ___, ___, 2058
3. 8, ___, ___, ___, ___, 1944
4. 1, ___, ___, 1331
5. 224, ___, ___, ___, ___, 7

ACTIVITY 2
A. Answer the following.
1. What are the three geometric means between 3 and 768.
2. What are the missing terms in the sequence 5, __, __, 320.
3. Insert 5 geometric means between 6 and 4,374.
4. What are the two terms between 1024 being the first term and 2 as the last.
5. The number of a certain bacteria is doubled every hour. If the initial number of bacteria is
800 units & becomes 25,600 on the 6th day, how many bacteria are there on the 3rd day?

ACTIVITY 3
A. Find the geometric means of the following geometric sequences.
1. Find the missing terms in the geometric sequence -2, __, __, __,__, -64.
2. Insert 4 geometric means between 3, -3072?
3. Complete the geometric sequence 1782, __, __, __, 22.
4. What are the 5 geometric means in the sequence 2,__, __,__, __, __, 1458?
16
5. Insert 3 geometric means from 3 to
27
.
Sub-topic: Sum of Finite Geometric Sequence
MODULE 5

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