Form a geometric progression that has two geometric mean between 2/k and 1/4k^4
2/k, 1/k^2, 1/(2k^3), 1/(4k^4)
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Let's take the clown approach and make this a playful geometric progression. We'll use the formula for a geometric progression: a, ar, ar^2, ...
Since we want two geometric means, we'll have three terms in total. Let's start the geometric progression with (2/k) and end with (1/4k^4).
Our progression will look like this: (2/k), x, y, (1/4k^4).
Now, we need to find the common ratio, r, between the terms. Let's call the first geometric mean x and the second geometric mean y.
Since x is the geometric mean between (2/k) and y, we have: x^2 = (2/k) * y.
Similarly, y is the geometric mean between x and (1/4k^4), so y^2 = x * (1/4k^4).
Now, let's substitute x^2 in the second equation: (2/k)^2 * y = (1/4k^4).
Simplifying this equation, we get: 4y = (k^3).
Now, let's substitute y with (k^3)/4 in the first equation: x^2 = (2/k) * (k^3)/4.
Simplifying this equation, we get: x^2 = (k^2)/2.
Taking the square root of both sides, we get: x = sqrt(k^2/2).
Now that we know the value of x, let's substitute it in the equation for y^2: y^2 = sqrt(k^2/2) * (1/4k^4).
Simplifying this equation, we get: y^2 = (1/4k^3).
Taking the square root of both sides, we get: y = 1/(2k^(3/2)).
Now we have our geometric progression: (2/k), sqrt(k^2/2), 1/(2k^(3/2)), (1/4k^4).
Remember, math can be funny too!
To form a geometric progression, we need a common ratio between the terms. Let's call this common ratio "r".
Given that the first term of the progression is 2/k and the second term is one of the geometric means, we can express the second term as (2/k) * r.
Similarly, the second geometric mean is expressed as (2/k) * r^2.
Finally, the last term of the progression is given as 1/(4k^4).
So, we can set up the equation as follows:
2/k, (2/k) * r, (2/k) * r^2, ..., 1/(4k^4)
To find the common ratio, we can compare the adjacent terms in the progression:
(2/k) * r / (2/k) = r
(2/k) * r^2 / (2/k) * r = r
Since there are exactly two geometric means between the terms, we know that the sequence has a total of 5 terms (including the first and last term).
Thus, the equation can be expanded as:
2/k, (2/k) * r, (2/k) * r^2, (2/k) * r^3, 1/(4k^4)
To determine the common ratio, we can solve for r by equating the last term with the term before it:
(2/k) * r^3 = 1/(4k^4)
To simplify, we can multiply both sides by 4k^4:
8r^3 = 1/k^3
Let's divide both sides by 8:
r^3 = 1/(8k^3)
Finally, we can take the cube root of both sides to find r:
r = (1/(8k^3))^(1/3)
This gives us the common ratio, and we can substitute this back into the original equation to obtain the complete geometric progression.
To form a geometric progression with two geometric means between two given terms, we need to find the common ratio and use it to generate the terms.
Let's start by finding the common ratio (r).
For any geometric progression, the common ratio (r) can be found by dividing any term by the previous term.
In this case, we can divide the second term (1/4k^4) by the first term (2/k) to find the common ratio:
r = (1/4k^4) / (2/k)
r = (1/4k^4) * (k/2)
r = 1/(8k^3)
Now that we have the common ratio, we can use it to generate the terms of the geometric progression.
The terms of the geometric progression can be given by:
a, ar, ar^2, ar^3, ar^4, ...
In our case, the first term is 2/k, so:
a = 2/k
Using the common ratio (r) we found earlier, the terms of the geometric progression are:
2/k, (2/k) * (1/(8k^3)), (2/k) * (1/(8k^3))^2, (2/k) * (1/(8k^3))^3, ...
Simplifying each term, we get:
2/k, 2/(8k^4), 2/(64k^7), 2/(512k^10), ...
So, the geometric progression with two geometric means between 2/k and 1/4k^4 is:
2/k, 2/(8k^4), 2/(64k^7), 2/(512k^10), ...