Target Mathematics

1.3: Arithmetic progression and geometric progression

0606/11/M/J/20 — Question 9 · 12 marks

(a)
An arithmetic progression has a second term of 14-14 and a sum to 21 terms of 84. Find the first term and the 21st term of this progression.
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(b)(i)
A geometric progression has a second term of 27p227p^{2} and a fifth term of p5p^{5}. The common ratio, rr, is such that 0<r<10 < r < 1.
Find rr in terms of pp.
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(b)(ii)
Hence find, in terms of pp, the sum to infinity of the progression.
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(b)(iii)
Given that the sum to infinity is 81, find the value of pp.
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