Chapter 7 Answers

Exercise 7A
1 a
c
e
g
2 a
c
e
3 a

Geometric r  2
Not geometric
Geometric r  12
Geometric r  1
135, 405, 1215
7.5, 3.75, 1.875
p3, p4, p5
33


b
d
f
h
b
d
f
b

Not geometric
Geometric r  3
Geometric r  1
Geometric r  14
32, 64, 128
1, 1, 1
64 256 1024
8x4, 16x5, 32x6
93


Exercise 7B

1 a 486, 39 366, 2  3n1

25 25 100
b , , n
8 128 2 1
c 32, 512, (2)n1
d 1.610 51, 2.357 95, (1.1)n1
2 10, 6250
3 a  1, r  2
4 18
5 6 (from x  0), 4 (from x  10)

a 220
b 242
57.7, 83.2
18 000, after 7.88 years
34
11th term
59 days
20.15 years
11.2 years

c 266

d 519

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

b 63.938 (3 dp)

c 728
d
e 5460
f
g 5.994 (3 dp)
h
5
9


4, 4
264  1  1.84  1019
a 49 945.41
b
a 2.401
b
19 terms
22 terms
26 days, 98.5 miles on the
25 years

54623
19 680
44.938 (3 dp)

123 876.81
48.8234

25th day

Exercise 7E
1 a 190
c 623
e Doesnt exist
g Doesnt exist
1
i  if r
1r
2 23
3 23
4 20
5
6

4
0

3
2
3

99

 1313

Mixed exercise 7F
1 a
c
e
2 a
b
c

b
d
f
h
j

Not geometric
b Geometric r  1.5
Geometric r  12
d Geometric r  2
Not geometric
f Geometric r  1
0.8235 (4 dp), 10  (0.7)n1
640, 5  2n1
4, 4  (1)n1

3 a 4092
c 50

b 19.98 (2 dp)
d 3.33 (2 dp)

4 a 9

c
b
b
a
a
a
a
c
a
b
a
a
b
25

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Exercise 7D
1 a 255



1
3
 n1
d 
128, 3  (2)

Exercise 7C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

7 4
8 40 m
9 r 0 because S S3, a  12, r  12
2
10 r   
3

Doesnt exist
Doesnt exist
412
90
1
 if x 12
1  2x

Doesnt converge
60.75
c 182.25
200
c 33313
76, 60.8 b 0.876
1, 13, 19
0.8
b 10
V  2000  0.85a
9.9 years
12
b 34, 2
12 079.98
1 hour 21 mins
136 litres
2015
years

8
3
1
6

3

d 3.16
d 8.95  104
c 367
d 380
c 50
d 0.189 (3 sf)
b 8874.11
c 14

d 867.62

c 3 hours 25 mins
c 872
c 23 700 (23 657)