题目

If the 3rd term of sequence A is 15 and all of the terms in the sequence are positive, then what is the 2nd term?

1) The 1st term of A is 5.


2) Each term of A after the 1st term is y times the preceding term.

选项

A.

Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.


B.

Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.


C.

BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.


D.

EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.


E.

Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

解析

如果数列\(A\)的第\(3\)项是\(15\),且数列中的所有项都是正数,那么第\(2\)项是多少? - **条件(1)单独分析** 已知数列\(A\)的第\(1\)项\(a_{1}=5\),仅根据此条件无法确定数列的规律,也就无法求出第\(2\)项的值,所以条件(1)单独不充分。 - **条件(2)单独分析** 虽然知道数列\(A\)中第一项之后的每一项都是前一项的\(y\)倍,但不知道首项的值以及\(y\)的值,所以无法确定第\(2\)项的值,条件(2)单独不充分。 - **条件(1)和(2)联合分析** 已知\(a_{1} = 5\),\(a_{3}=15\),且\(a_{n}=y\times a_{n - 1}\)(\(n>1\)),那么\(a_{2}=a_{1}\times y = 5y\),又因为\(a_{3}=a_{2}\times y=5y\times y = 5y^{2}=15\),可得\(y^{2}=3\),由于数列各项为正,则\(y=\sqrt{3}\),从而可以求出\(a_{2}=5\sqrt{3}\)。所以两个条件联合起来充分。 综上,答案为C。
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