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Chapter 1: SEQUENCE: Madam Nowyannie Willie D. Tamsin 13 OCTOBER 2020
Chapter 1: SEQUENCE: Madam Nowyannie Willie D. Tamsin 13 OCTOBER 2020
Chapter 1: SEQUENCE: Madam Nowyannie Willie D. Tamsin 13 OCTOBER 2020
Chapter 1: SEQUENCE
Madam Nowyannie Willie D. Tamsin
13 OCTOBER 2020
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▪ Sequence
❖ a list of terms formed according to a
certain fixed rule – arranged in a
specified order.
❖Order in which events happen.
ARITHMETIC
d = T2 − T1 = T3 − T2
SEQUENCE
▪ Some examples:
a) 2,4,6,8,…
b) -5,-10,-15,-20,…
c) 3,10,17,24,…
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Arithmetic sequence
▪ a- first term
d- common difference
n- number of terms
Tn - nth term
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = 2𝑎 + 𝑛 − 1 𝑑
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▪ a - first term
T2 T3
r= =
r - common ratio T1 T2
▪ Finding the nth term,
𝑇𝑛 = 𝑎𝑟 𝑛−1
Geometric
▪ The sum of the first nth term is given by
Sequence
𝑎 𝑟𝑛 − 1
𝑆𝑛 =
𝑟−1
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DEGREE
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Answer:
𝑆30 = 4657.50
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What is the lucky draw number received by the 900th customer? (5 marks)
𝑟=3
Answer: 𝑆7 = 2186
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𝑑 = −3
Answer: 𝑆12 = 858
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𝑎 = 10
𝑑=4
Answer: 𝑆30 = 2040
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𝑟 = 1.02
Answer: 𝑇 = 7.40
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Answer: i) 𝑟 = 4 , 𝑛 = 9
ii) 𝑆9 = 14.80
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Answer: 𝑟 = 1.05,
𝑇20 = 416946.78
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DIPLOMA
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Answer: 𝑑=3
𝑆50 =3275
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Answer:
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𝑖) 𝑟 = , 𝑎 = −768
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𝑖𝑖) 𝑆50 = 3275
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Answer:
(a) n=18
(b) (i) 𝑇6 = 38288.45
(ii) 𝑆12 = 477513.80
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Answer:
(a) n=40
(b) a=15, r=-2