SEQUENCE & SERIES : LSUS

FURTHER MATHEMATICS SSS1 SECOND TERM

WEEK 1

SEQUENCE & SERIES

Content

  • Sequence and series
  • Arithmetic Progression (AP)
  • Arithmetic Mean
  • Sum of terms in an AP

Sequence & Series

A sequence is a pattern of numbers arranged in a particular order. Each of the numbers in the sequence is called a term. The terms are related to one another according to a well-defined rule.

 

Consider the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, 13 …., 1 is the first term,(T1) 4 is the second term(T2), 7 is the third term (T3).

The sum of the terms in a sequence is regarded as a series. The series of the above sequence is

1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + 13 = 35

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