Question 1199272: Partial Sum of a Geometric Sequence Find the sum of the first ten terms of the sequence
a + b, a^2 + 2b, a^3 + 3b, a^4 + 4b,...
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Partial Sum of a Geometric Sequence Find the sum of the first ten terms of the sequence
a + b, a^2 + 2b, a^3 + 3b, a^4 + 4b,...
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Split your partial sum into the sum of two sequances.
One sequence is a geometric progression
a, a^2, a^3, a^4, . . . , a^10. (1)
The other sequence is an arithmetic progression
b, 2b, 3b, 4b, . . . , 10b. (2)
Then apply standard formulas to each sequence separately.
As the last step, combine two formulas together.
ANSWER. The sum is S =  + 55b.
Solved.
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For introductory lessons on arithmetic and geometric progressions see
- Arithmetic progressions
- The proofs of the formulas for arithmetic progressions
- Problems on arithmetic progressions
- Word problems on arithmetic progressions
- Geometric progressions
- The proofs of the formulas for geometric progressions
- Problems on geometric progressions
- Word problems on geometric progressions
in this site.
Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
- ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.
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"Arithmetic progressions" and "Geometric progressions".
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