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9 (a) An arithmetic progression has a second term of - 14 and a sum to 21 terms of 84. Find the first
term and the 21st term of this progression. [5]

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(b) A geometric progression has a second term of 27p 2 and a fifth term of p 5 . The common ratio, r, is
such that 0 1 r 1 1.

(i) Find r in terms of p. [2]

(ii) Hence find, in terms of p, the sum to infinity of the progression. [3]

(iii) Given that the sum to infinity is 81, find the value of p. [2]

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10 (a) The first 5 terms of a sequence are given below.

4 -2 1 - 0.5 0.25

(i) Find the 20th term of the sequence. [2]

(ii) Explain why the sum to infinity exists for this sequence and find the value of this sum. [2]

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(b) The tenth term of an arithmetic progression is 15 times the second term. The sum of the first
6 terms of the progression is 87.

(i) Find the common difference of the progression. [4]

(ii) For this progression, the nth term is 6990. Find the value of n. [3]

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4 The 7th and 10th terms of an arithmetic progression are 158 and 149 respectively.

(a) Find the common difference and the first term of the progression. [3]

(b) Find the least number of terms of the progression for their sum to be negative. [3]

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7 A geometric progression has a first term of 3 and a second term of 2.4. For this progression, find

(a) the sum of the first 8 terms, [3]

(b) the sum to infinity, [1]

(c) the least number of terms for which the sum is greater than 95% of the sum to infinity. [4]

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10 (a) The sum of the first 4 terms of an arithmetic progression is 38 and the sum of the next 4 terms is
86. Find the first term and the common difference. [5]

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(b) The third term of a geometric progression is 12 and the sixth term is - 96 . Find the sum of the first
10 terms of this progression. [6]

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9 (a) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are - 4, 8, 20 . Find the smallest number of terms
for which the sum of this arithmetic progression is greater than 2000. [4]

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(b) The 7th and 9th terms of a geometric progression are 27 and 243 respectively. Given that the
geometric progression has a positive common ratio, find

(i) this common ratio, [2]

(ii) the 30th term, giving your answer as a power of 3. [2]

r r
(c) Explain why the geometric progression 1, sin i , sin 2 i , … for - 1i1 , where i is in
2 2
radians, has a sum to infinity. [2]

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11 The 2nd, 8th and 44th terms of an arithmetic progression form the first three terms of a geometric
progression. In the arithmetic progression, the first term is 1 and the common difference is positive.

(a) (i) Show that the common difference of the arithmetic progression is 5. [5]

(ii) Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the arithmetic progression. [2]

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(b) (i) Find the 5th term of the geometric progression. [2]

(ii) Explain whether or not the sum to infinity of this geometric progression exists. [1]

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12 (a) The first term of an arithmetic progression is –5 and the fifth term is 7. Find the sum of the first
40 terms of this progression. [4]

(b) A geometric progression has third term of 8 and sixth term of 0.064. Find the sum to infinity of
this progression. [4]

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