MATHS SL 2012 2014

ASSIGNMENT 1 : SEQUENCE, SERIES & BINOMIAL THEOREM

1. (a) The n th term of an arithmetic sequence is given by u n = 63 4n

(i) calculate the values of the first two terms of this sequence (ii) which term of the sequence is -13 (iii) two consecutive terms of this sequence u k and uk + 1 , have a sum of 34. Find k

(b) A basketball is dropped vertically. It reaches a height of 2m on the first bounce.

The height of each subsequent bounce is 90% of the previous bounce. (i) what height does it reach on the 8 th bounce? (ii) What is the total vertical distance travelled by the ball between the first and the sixth time the ball hits the ground.

2. Consider the series

(a) (b) Write down the sum of the series from the first until the 20 th term using the sigma ( ) notation 3. The sum, S n , of the first n terms of geometric series is given by
S n = a + ar + ar 2 + ar 3 + ... + ar n 1 (a) Express S 3 S 2 in terms of a and r . (b) Express S 4 S 3 in terms of a and r . For particular values of a and r , it is known that S 2 = 2.844 , S 3 = 3.8552 S 4 = 4.66416. (c) use the result of part (a) and (b), together with the given values of S 2 , S 3 , and S 4 to write down two equations in term of a and r . Hence find the values of a and r . (d) Calculate the value of S 50 , giving your answer correct to three significant

1 4 9 + + + ... 4 9 16 write down the r th term of the series.

figures. 4. The Acme Insurance company sells two savings plans, Plan A and Plan B. For plan A, an investor starts with an initial deposit of $1000 and increases this by $80 each month, so that in the second month, the deposit is $1080, the next month it is $1160 and so on. For plan B, the investor again starts with $1000 and each month deposit 6% more than previous month. a) write down the amount of money invested under Plan B in the second and third months. Give your answers to parts (b) and (c) correct to the nearest dollar. b) Find the amount of the 12th deposit for each Plan. c) Find the total amount of money invested during the first 12 months (i) under Plan A (ii) under Plan B

MATHS SL 2012 2014 5. An infinite geometric series u n has a common ratio r and a sum to infinity of 4. The
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infinite series formed by adding the odd-numbered terms u 2 n1 has a sum to infinity
n =1

of 3. find the value of r . 6. A company offers its employees a choice of two salary scheme A and B over a period of 10 years. Scheme A offers a starting salary of $11000 in the first year and then an annual increase of $400 per year. (i) write down the salary paid in the second year and in the third year. (ii) calculate the total (amount of) salary paid over ten years. Scheme B offers a starting salary o $10000 dollars in the first year and then an annual increase of 7% of the previous years salary. (i) write down the salary paid in the second year and in the third year. (ii) calculate the salary paid in the tenth year

(a)

(b)

(c) James works for n complete years under scheme A. Bill works for n complete years
under scheme B. Find the minimum number of years so that the total earned by Bill exceed the total earned by James.

7. One of the terms of expansion of ( x + 2 y ) 10 is ax 8 y 2 . Find the value of a . 8. Determine the constant term in the expansion of x
2 x2
9

9. When the expression ( 2 + ax ) 10 is expanded, the coefficient of the term in x 3 is 414720.

Find the value of a

10. Find the values of a and b if

( 2 x ) 1 + 1 x
2

= 2 + ax + bx 2 + ...

1 7 x 64
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11.

4 Find the term independent of y in the expansion y y

12. Find the sum of multiples of 7 between 100 and 400.