fer Find the frst five terms ofeach infinite sequence defined in questions 1-6, 1 dn) = 2-3 2 gk)= 2-3 = jas 3 fis) 3x7 a ee co>0 5 = (12h +3 ‘ {es by = by 2m forn=2 Determine whether each sequence in questions 7-12 is arthmetic, geometric or neither Find the common difference forthe arithmetic ones and the common rato for the geometric ons. 7 52,55, 58, 61, 8 -1,3,-9,27, -81, 9 01,02,04,08, 16,32, 10 3,6,12,18,21,27, 11 6,14, 20, 28,34, 12.24,31,5,63,76, For each arithmetic or geometric sequence in questions 1323, find a) the Bth term an explicit formula forthe mh term 2 recursive formula forthe mth tem. 13 -3,2,7,12, 14 19,15,11,7, 15 -8,3,14,25, 16 10.05, 9.95, 9.85, 9.75, 17 100, 99, 98, 97, 14-8 182,41 19 3,6, 12,24, 20 4, 12,36, 108, 215,-5,5,-5, 22 3,-6,12,-24, 23 972, -324, 108, -36, 24 Find five arithmetic means between 15 and —21, 25 Find thee arithmetic means between 99 and 100. 26 In.an arithmetic sequence, = 11 and aj) = 47. Find an explicit formula for the rth term ofthis sequence 27 In an arithmetic sequence, ay = —48 and aj3 = ~ 10, Find an explicit formula forthe th term ofthis sequence. 28 Find four geometric means between 7 and 170, 29 Finda geometric mean between 9 and 64 ms‘Sequences and Series 130 The first term of a geometric sequence is 24 and the third term is 6, Find the fourth term ‘and an expression forthe th term. 31 The conmon ati ina geometric sequence is andthe fourth term is Find the thie term, 132 Which term ofthe geometric sequence 7, 21, 63, .. is 1377817 133 The third term and the sixth term of a geometric sequence are 18 an 19683 6h 34 Tim put €2500 into a savings account that pays 4% Interest compounded semi- ‘annually How much wil his account hold 10 yeas later ifhe does not make any ‘additional investments in this account? m3 Soap 's a erm ofthis sequence? FF so, which term sf? 35 Ather son Willams bith, lane set aside £1000 nto a savings account. The intrest she ‘eared was 6% compounded quarter. How much money wil Willa have on his 18th birthday? 36 How much money should you invest naw if you wish to have an amount of €3000 in your account after sx yeas if interest is compounded quarterly at an annul rate of 6%? 37 Find the sum of the arithmetic series 13 + 19+... + 367, 38 Find the sum of 7-4 4096 Ta BSTere Seer 448.16 40 frabne2— 448-16 er eabas Tate Eade £2 bes ah patio ccinal afin a) OF b) 0.345 9 3215 43 Find the coefficient of x* in the expansion of (2x — 3)°. 44 Find the coefficient of x°b* in (ax + 5)!, 45 Find the constant term of iE -2 ie 46 Expand (3n — 2m). 47 Find the coefficient of r'? in (4 + 34°). 48 In an arithmetic sequence the first term is 4, the fourth term is 19 and the mh term is 99. Find the common difference and the number of terms 0. 449. Two students, Nick and Charlotte, decide to start preparing for their 8 exams 15 weeks ahead of the exams, Nick starts by studying for 12 hous inthe first week and planstalincrease the amount by 2 hours per week, Charlotte starts with 12 hours in the frst week and decides toincease her time by 10% every week, a) How many hours dd each student study in week 5? b)_ How many hours in total does each student study fr the 15 weeks? Q_Invwhich week will Charlotte exceed 40 hours per week? dd) In which week does Charlotte catch up with Nick inthe numberof hous spent on studying per week? 50 Tivo diet schemes are avallable for relatively overweight people to lase weight. Plan A promises the patient an inital weight loss of 1000 g the fist month, with a steady loss cof an addtional 80 every month aftr the fist. So, the second month the patient will lose 1080 g and so on for a maximum duration of 12 months. Plan B starts with a weight lss of 1000 g the fist month and an increase in weight loss by 64% more every following month. a) Write down the amount of grams lost under Plan B in the second and third months. bb) Find the weight lost in the 12th month foreach plan Find the total weight loss during a 12-month period under (Plan (ii) Plan. 51 Planning on buying your first car in 10 years, you start a savings plan where you invest £€500 at the beginning of the year for 10 yeats. Your investment scheme offers a fixed rale of 6% per year compounded annual, Calculate, giving your answers tothe nearest euro (€), (2) how much the frst €500 is worth atthe end of 10 years (b) the total value your investment wil give you atthe endof the 10 years. 52 The fist thee terms ofan arithmetic sequence are 6, 9.5, 13 a) What is the 40th term of the secuence? bb) What isthe sum of the ist 103 terms ofthe sequence? '53 A marathon runner plans her taining programme fora 20km race. On the first day she plans to run 2km, and then she wants to increase her distance by 500 m on each subsequent traning day. a) On hich day of her training does she fist run a distance of 20 km? bb) By the time she manages to run the 20km distance, what i the total distance she ‘would have run for the whale training programme? '54 In the nation of Telefonica, cellular phones were fist introduced in the year 2000, During the fist year the number of people who bought acellular phone was 1600. In 2001, the ruber of new participants was 2400, and in 2002 the new participants numbered 3600. a) You notice thatthe trend is a geometric sequence; find the common ratio, Assuming that the tend continues, 'b)_how many participants wil join in 20127 2) in what year would the number of new participants fist exceed 50 0007 Between 2000 and 2002, the total number af participants reaches 7600. «d)_ What isthe total number of participants between 2000 and 20127 During tis period, the total adult population of Telefonica remains at approximately 800000, €) Use this information to suggest a reason why ths tend in grawth would nat continue‘Sequences and Series 55 In an arithmetic sequence, the fst term is 25, the fourth term is 13 andthe mh term is = 1195. Find the comman difference d/and the rumber of terms 1. 56 The midpoints M, NP, Qof the sides “ ofa square of side 1 cm are joined to form a new square. a) Show that the side ofthe second v2 square MNPQis oS b) Find the area of square MNP. lo Anew third square RSTUIs constructed in the same manner, (i) Find the area of the third square just constructed, (ii) Show that the areas of the squares aren a geometric sequence and find its common ratio, Te procedure continues indefinite 4) () Find the area ofthe tenth square Gi) Find the sum ofthe areas fall he squares. 57 Timis a deicated swimmer, He goes swimming once every week, He stat the fst ‘weak ofthe yearby swimming 200 metres Each wee aftr that he swims 20m more than the previous week He does that al yearlong (52 weeks). a) How fr does he swim inthe final week? 1b) How far does he swim atagetner? 58 The dlagram below shows thee iterations of constructing squares inthe following manner: A squate of side 3 units i given, then it is divided into nine smaller squares as shown and the miele square is shaded, Each ofthe unshaded squares isin turn Aivided into nine squares and the pracess is repeated. The area of the fist shaded square is 1 unit ByS|eyS |S |e] S|) a) Find the area ofeach ofthe squares A and B ) Find the area of any small square in the third diagram. 1) Find the area of the shaded regions inthe second and third iterations ) If the process is continued indefinitely find the area left unshaded. 59 The table below shows four series of rumbers. One series is an arithmetic one, one is a converging geometric series, ne isa diverging geometric series and the fourth is neither geometric nor arithmeticSetes Type of series (@) | 24224222 +2222 + 348 @ | 2+h+d+ $+ (i) 08 +078 +076 +074+ reer tw [248+ Beaty a) Complete the table by stating the type ofeach series. bb) Find the sum ofthe infrite geometvc series above 60 wo IT companies offer ‘apparent’ similar salary schemes for their new appointees. Kell fers a starting salary of €1800 per year and then an annual increase of €400 every year after the ist. YBO offers a stating salary of €17000 per year and an annual increase of 7% forthe rst ofthe years after the is. 8) (9) Wite down the salary paid rng the second and third years foreach company (i) Caklate the total amount that an employee working for 10 years wil accumulate in each company, (li) Calculate the salary paid during the tenth year for each company b) Tim works at Kall and Merjayne works atYBO. (When would Meryne start eaming mare than Tim? Whats the minimum number of years that Merjayne requires so that her total earnings exceed Tim's total earnings? 61 A theatre has 24 rows of seats. There ae 16 seats inthe fist row and each — successive row increases by 2 seats, 1 on each side ————— 2) Caklate the numberof seats in a — the 24th row a bb) Calculate the number of seats in ZS the whole theatre eee 662 The amount of €7000 is invested at 5.25% annual compound interest, a) Write down an expression forthe value of this investment after full years bb) Calelate the minimum numberof years requted for this amount to become €10000, Q) For the same number of years s in part b), would an investment ofthe same amount be better itt were at a 5% rate compounded quarterly? {63 With 5, denoting the sum of the first n terms ofan arithmetic sequence, we are given that $; = 9 and 5; = 20. 1) Find the second term, bb) Cakelate the common difference ofthe sequence. Find the fourth term,