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A geometric progression is such that its second term is and its sum to infinity is 160.
(a) Find the common ratio.
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(b) The first nine terms of the progression are now removed.
Find the sum to infinity of the remaining terms of the progression.
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题目中文翻译
一个等比数列的第二项为 ,其无穷和为 160。
(a) 求公比。
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(b) 现在去掉该数列的前九项。
求剩余项的无穷和。
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解答
(a)
解法一
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用无穷和公式把首项写成公比的函数,再代入第二项。无穷和存在要求 。
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Let the first term be and the common ratio be . Then and , so . Substituting gives
Only satisfies .
(b)
解法一
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把原无穷和减去前九项的和。两项用同一个精确公比,化简时能消去相同的部分。
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The first term is . The first nine terms sum to
Subtracting from gives .
解法二
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剩下的项本身仍是等比数列。先算第十项,作为新数列的首项。
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The tenth term is . The new progression has the same ratio , so its sum to infinity is