Sequences Practice Worksheet Name Class Period, Arithmetic Sequences: A sequence of terms that have a common between them. Fommula:a, = a, +(n—1)-d where a1 is the first number in the sequence and dis the common difference. Geometric Sequences: A sequence of terms that have a common between them. Formula: a, = a,(r)""' where a1 is the fist number in the sequence and ris the common ratio. Are the following sequences, arithmetic, geometric, or neither? +I they are arithmetic, state the value of d. *If they are geometric, state r. 1. 6,12, 18, 24, ype dor: 2 61M on type: dor 3. 2,14, 98, 686, type: oe eee es 4, 160,80, 40, 20,... type: ore ee ~40, -25, -10, 5, .. type: Dor ee 6 7,-21, 63,-189,... type: ore eee For the following sequences, find a: and d and state the formula for the general term. Don't forget to simplify! 7. 10,-4,2,8, 14,0, Qe ae Formula: 8. 10,8,6.4, 0. ae Formula: 36,31, 26,21. ae de Formula: 10. Use the formula from question #9 to find the value of and 9For the following sequences, find a1 and r and state the formula for the general term. Don't forget to simplify! 1. 1,3,9, 27. Formula: 12, 12.6.3, 1.5, Formula: 13. 9, -3,1,-1/3, -. aie. Formula: 14, Use the formula from question #13 to find the value of yang ayy Decide if each of the following scenarios describes an arithmetic or geometric sequence. Then, write the formula for the sequence. 15. A student comes to school with the flu and infects three other students within an hour before going home. Each newly infected student passes the virus to three new students in the next hour. This pattern continues until all students in the school are infected with the virus. Type: Formula: 16, Round 1 of a tennis tournament starts with 128 players. After each round, hall the players have lost and ore eliminated from the tournament. Therefore, in round 2 there are 64 players. in round, 3 there are 32 players and so on. Type: Formula: 17, Paul has $680 in a savings account. He makes a deposit after he receives each paycheck. After ‘one month he has $758 in the account. The next month the balance is $836. The balance after the thitd month is $914. Formula: Type: 18. The table shows the number of country club members for four years after it began. Time(yrs) [0 1 2 3 4 Members| 100_| 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 Typ Formula:Explicit and Recursive Sequences Practice Worksheet Name, Class Period, For each Sequence, Pattern, Table, or Story below Identity whether itis Arithmetic or Geometric, find the common difference or common ratio, write an Explicit and Recursive Formula, then use your formulas to find the given term. ‘Common Arithmetic or Explicit Recursive Representation | “Ohenelne Diserence or emai Tomela | Given Term 1-612, Bann dio 2. 10, 20, 30, 40, ay 3.10, -8, 6-4, sg 4.72, 48, 32, .. as 5 Camden fi corecing bugs or science class. The fst coy his sister helps him, and he finds 35 bugs. After coy 2, he hhas 52 bugs. On doy 3. he has 69 bugs, 4, 6. You compioin hat the hot tub in your hotel suite isnot hot enough. The hotel els you that they wilincrease the femperature by 8% each hour. the curent femperalure of the hot tub 5 75°F, a 7.9. A museum usually has 4,000,000 visitors. They made some changes fo increase visitors. The table shows the projected annual visitors to museum (in millions) after the changes. What is the projected number of visitors in 7 years? van Visitors {enitions) oO 4 1 6 2 9 3 13.5 4 20.25 a 10. A theater has 20 seats in the first row, 22 in the second row, 24 in the third row, and so on for 25 rows, ‘a. How many seats in the 13th row? 'b, How many seats in the 25th row? 11. A culture of bacteria doubles every hour. if there are 500 bacteria at the beginning, how many bacteria will there be after 24 hours? 12, You visit the Grand Canyon and drop a penny off the edge of a cif, The distance the penny will fall is 16 feet the first second, 48 feet the next second, 80 feet the third second, and so on. What is the total distance the object will fall in 6 seconds?