OCR C2 — Question 1

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

  1. A geometric progression has first term 75 and second term - 15 .
    1. Find the common ratio.
    2. Find the sum to infinity.
    3. Find the area of the finite region enclosed by the curve \(y = 5 x - x ^ { 2 }\) and the \(x\)-axis.
    4. During one day, a biological culure is allowed to grow under controlled conditions. At 8 a.m. the culture is estimated to contain 20000 bacteria. A model of the growth of the culture assumes that \(t\) hours after 8 a.m., the number of bacteria present, \(N\), is given by
    $$N = 20000 \times ( 1.06 ) ^ { t }$$ Using this model,
  2. find the number of bacteria present at 11 a.m.,
  3. find, to the nearest minute, the time when the initial number of bacteria will have doubled.