Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:52am.
first term is 2
so a = 2
last term is 512
ar^(n-1) = 512
2r^(n-1) = 512
r^(n-1) = 256
a + ar + ar^2 + ar^3 = 30 , but a=2
2(1 + r + r^2 + r^3) = 30
(1 + r + r^2 + r^3) = 15 (equation #1)
ar^(n-1) + ar^(n-2)+ar^(n-3)+ar^(n-4) = 960 , remember a=2
r^(n-1) + r^(n-2)+r^(n-3)+r^(n-4) = 480
r^(n-4)(r^3 + r^2 + r + 1) = 480 (equation #2)
divide #2 by #1 ----> r^(n-4) = 480/15 = 32
now r^(n-1) / r^(n-4) = 256/32 = 8
r^3 = 8
r = 2
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