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Chapter 1 Test
Chapter 1 Test
Chapter 1 Test
2 In an arithmetic sequence, the 40th term is 144 and the sum of the first 40 terms is 2640. Find
2 2 2
3 Given the sequence , , , 2 :
27 9 3
4 A school theatre has 24 rows of seats. There are 18 seats in the first row and each subsequent
row had two more seats than the previous row. What is the seating capacity of the theatre?
5 Find the first two terms of an arithmetic sequence where the sixth term is 21 and the sum of
the first 17 terms is zero.
7 Evaluate
5 6
a ∑ (x
n =1
2
)
+ 2 b ∑2
i =2
i
9 A rose bush is 1.67m tall when planted, and each week its height increases by 4%. How tall
will it be after 10 weeks?
10 The Fibonacci sequence is named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, who was known as
Fibonacci.
10 10
Given the series 10 − + − …,
3 9
13 Yosef drops a basketball from his bedroom window, which is 3m off the ground. After each bounce,
the basketball comes back to 75% of its previous height. If it keeps on bouncing forever, what
vertical distance, to the nearest metre, will it travel?
14 Tafari starts a job and deposits $500 from the first salary into a bank account producing 4%
interest every month. Each month after that, Tafari deposits an additional $100.
a Calculate the amount Tafari has in the account at the end of each month for the first three
months.
c Show that the formula for the amount of money in the account for year n is
(
500 (1.04 ) + 2500 (1.04 ) − 1
n n
)
d Use the formula to find the amount of money in Tafani’s account after 24 months.
Answers
1 a 7, 10, 13, 16 n
d=
Sn
2
(u1 + un )
b d = 10 − 3 = 7
u1 = 7, n = 21, u21 = 4 + 3(21) = 67
c 4 + 3n =
109
21
3n = 105 S21 =
2
(7 + 67) = 777
n = 35
n b un = u1 + ( n − 1) d
2 a=
Sn
2
(u1 + un )
144 =−12 + ( 40 − 1) d
40
2640
=
2
(u1 + 144)
39d = 156
132
= (u1 + 144) d =4
u1 = −12
2 2 2
3 Given the sequence , , , 2
27 9 3
2
9 2 7 2 7
a=r = 3 b u8 = 4
3 = 3 3 =2 × 3 =162
2 27 3
27
n
4 sn
=
2
(
2u1 + ( n − 1) d )
24
s24
=
2
(
2 (18 ) + (24 − = )
1) 2 984 seats
5 un = u1 + ( n − 1) d 21
= u1 + 5d
n 17
sn
=
2
( ) d 0 2 (2u1 + 16d )
2u1 + ( n − 1= )
This gives the simultaneous equations
u1 + 5d =
21
u1 + 8d =
0
6 a 11
7 a 3 + 6 + 11 + 18 + 27 65
= b 4 +8 + 16 + 32 + 64 =124
8 a 6r3 = 162
r3 = 27
r=3
b = ( u1 ) r n −1
un
u10 = 2 × 39 = 39366
c S8
=
(
2 38 − 1
= 6560
)
3 −1
9 = ( u1 ) r n −1
un
= (=
u10 1.67 ) (1.04)10−1 2.38m
10 a 55
b un +=
1
un + un −1
11 a −1 < r < 1
10 10
Given the series 10 − + −…
3 9
10 1
b r =
− ÷ 10 =
−
3 3
10 10
c S∞
= = = 7.5
1 4
1 − − 3
3
3
9 −2
12 x 6 2 = −672
3
x
13
u1 = 3, r = 0.75
3 3
S∞
= = = 12
1 − 0.75 0.25
To account for upward and downward movement, multiply by 2, but the original drop of 3 only
occurred once, so subtract 3 from the answer.
Value after 3 months = 1.04 (1.04 (1.04 (500) + 100) + 100) + 100 ≈ $874.59
n
(
= 500 (1.04 ) + 100 (1.04 )
n −1
+ (1.04 )
n −2
+ (1.04 )
n −3
+ … + (1.04 ) + 1 )
(1.04 )n − 1
=500 (1.04 ) + 100
n
1.04 − 1
=500 (1.04 ) + 2500 (1.04 ) − 1
n n
( )
d 500 (1.04 )
24
(
+ 2500 (1.04 )
24
−1 =)
$5190