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What is the general term of the geometric progression \(20,10,5,\frac{5}{2},\ldots\)?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: \(a_n=20\cdot\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{n-1}\)

The direct answer is A: \(a_n=20\cdot(1/2)^{n-1}\). A geometric progression has a constant ratio between consecutive terms. Here 10/20=1/2, 5/10=1/2 and (5/2)/5=1/2, so the first term is a=20 and the common ratio is r=1/2. The general formula is \(a_n=ar^{n-1}\), hence \(a_n=20(1/2)^{n-1}\). Checking it: n=1 gives 20, n=2 gives 10, n=3 gives 5 and n=4 gives 5/2. Option A matches every term. Option B uses ratio 2 and would produce 20, 40, 80, not the given decreasing sequence. Option C is a subtraction pattern, not a geometric formula, and does not give the terms. Option D gives 10, 20, 30, so it also fails. Memory cue: in a GP identify the first term and multiply repeatedly by the same ratio.

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SequencesProgressionsGeometric-ProgressionClass-9Easy

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