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Find the Common Ratio in Growing and Shrinking GPs

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Predicting What Comes Next: Exploring Sequences and Progressions · Geometric progressions · 3:42

You'll learn: Divide consecutive non-zero terms and derive term formulas.

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Find the Common Ratio in Growing and Shrinking GPs

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Find the Common Ratio in Growing and Shrinking GPs

You'll learn: Divide consecutive non-zero terms and derive term formulas.

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Geometric progressions

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A GP Multiplies Where an AP Adds
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A GP Multiplies Where an AP Adds
You'll learn: Compare equal differences with equal ratios using the two growth pictures.
Why a GP’s nth Term Has Exponent n−1
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Why a GP’s nth Term Has Exponent n−1
You'll learn: Count repeated multiplications to derive tₙ=arⁿ⁻¹.
Negative Ratios Can Make the Signs Alternate
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Negative Ratios Can Make the Signs Alternate
You'll learn: Generate terms and verify a signed ratio.
Describe a GP with a Recursive Rule
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Describe a GP with a Recursive Rule
You'll learn: Translate the explicit expression into a repeated-multiplier rule.

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GP term applications

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Use a Known GP Term to Find a Later Term
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Use a Known GP Term to Find a Later Term
You'll learn: Move a fixed number of positions by multiplying by the ratio that many times.
Which GP Term Equals a Given Number?
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Which GP Term Equals a Given Number?
You'll learn: Match the target with a power of the common ratio.

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Fractals and geometric patterns

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Build the Sierpiński Triangle One Removal at a Time
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Build the Sierpiński Triangle One Removal at a Time
You'll learn: Join side midpoints and remove each central small triangle repeatedly.
Count the Small Triangles with a Power of Three
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Count the Small Triangles with a Power of Three
You'll learn: Explain why each retained triangle produces three at the next stage.
More Triangles Can Occupy Less Total Area
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More Triangles Can Occupy Less Total Area
You'll learn: Use the retained fraction to model the shrinking shaded area.
Plot AP and GP Behaviour Side by Side
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Plot AP and GP Behaviour Side by Side
You'll learn: Compare constant additive change with multiplicative growth and decay.
Build and Count a Sierpiński Square Carpet
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Build and Count a Sierpiński Square Carpet
You'll learn: Remove the central ninth in every retained square and count the remaining pieces.
Find the Shrinking Area of the Square Carpet
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Find the Shrinking Area of the Square Carpet
You'll learn: Apply the retained fraction8/9 at every stage.

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Bouncing-ball applications

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A Bouncing Ball’s Heights Form a Shrinking GP
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A Bouncing Ball’s Heights Form a Shrinking GP
You'll learn: Generate bounce maxima and find the first bounce below a specified threshold.
Count Both Upward and Downward Travel Between Bounces
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Count Both Upward and Downward Travel Between Bounces
You'll learn: Distinguish rebound height from total vertical distance travelled.

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Chapter challenge problems

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A Shifted Recursive Sequence Can Reveal a GP
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A Shifted Recursive Sequence Can Reveal a GP
You'll learn: Transform the recurrence into a geometric rule and identify a target term.