Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Further Topics in Algebra - Quiz - Page 1053: 5

Answer

(a) $430$ (b) $-\frac{1705}{128}$

Work Step by Step

(a) Given arithmetic sequence with $a_1=-20, d=14$, we have $a_{10}=(-20)+(10-1)(14)=106$ and $S_{10}=\frac{10}{2}(-20+106)=430$ (b) Given geometric sequence with $a_1=-20, r=-\frac{1}{2}$, we have $S_{10}=(-20)\times\frac{1-(-\frac{1}{2})^{10}}{1-(-\frac{1}{2})}=-\frac{1705}{128}$
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