Find the sum of the series :

NOTE: The following terms are not G.P. series, but we can convert them to form one.


(i) 8 + 88 + 888 + …. To n terms


(ii) 3 + 33 + 333 + …. To n terms


(iii) 0.7 + 0.77 + 0.777 + …. To n terms


The expression can be rewritten as


[ Taking 8 as a common factor ]


8( 1+ 11 + 111+ … to n terms)


[Multiplying and dividing the expression by 9]


= ( 9 + 99+ 999 + … to n terms)


= ( (10-1) + (100-1) + (1000-1) + … to n terms )


= ( ( 10 + 100 + 1000 + … to n terms) – ( 1+1+1+ … to n terms)


= ( ( 10 + 100 + 1000 + … to n terms) – n)


Sum of a G.P. series is represented by the formula, , when r>1. ‘Sn’ represents the sum of the G.P. series upto nth terms, ‘a’ represents the first term, ‘r’ represents the common ratio and ‘n’ represents the number of terms.


Here,


a = 10


r = (ratio between the n term and n-1 term) 10


n terms





The sum of the given expression is


= ( ( 10 + 100 + 1000 + … to n terms) – n)


= ()


(ii) The given expression can be rewritten as


[ taking 3 common ]


= 3( 1+11+111+ …to n terms)


[ multiplying and dividing the expression by 9 ]


= ( 9+99+999+ … to n terms )


= ( (10-1) + (100-1) + (1000-1) + … to n terms )


= ( ( 10+100+1000+ …to n terms ) – (1+1+1+ … to n terms) )


= ( (10+100+1000+ to n terms) – n )


Sum of a G.P. series is represented by the formula, , when r>1. ‘Sn’ represents the sum of the G.P. series upto nth terms, ‘a’ represents the first term, ‘r’ represents the common ratio and ‘n’ represents the number of terms.


Here,


a = 10


r = (ratio between the n term and n-1 term) 10


n terms





The sum of the given expression is


= ( (10+100+1000+ to n terms) – n )


= ( - n )


(iii) We can rewrite the expression as


[ taking 7 as a common factor]


= 7(0.1+0.11+0.111+ … to n terms)


[ multiplying and dividing by 9 ]


= ( 0.9+0.99+0.999+ … to n terms )


= ( (1-0.1)+(1-0.01)+(1-0.001)+ … to n terms)


= ( (1+1+1+ … to n terms )–(0.1+0.01+0.001+… to n terms ))


= ( n – (0.1+0.01+0.001+ … to n terms ) )


Sum of a G.P. series is represented by the formula, , when |r|<1. ‘Sn’ represents the sum of the G.P. series upto nth terms, ‘a’ represents the first term, ‘r’ represents the common ratio and ‘n’ represents the number of terms.


Here,


a = 0.1


r = (ratio between the n term and n-1 term) 0.1


n terms




[multiplying both numerator and denominator by 10]



The sum of the given expression is


= ( n – (0.1+0.01+0.001+ … to n terms ) )


= ( n – ( ) )


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