OCR C2 2014 June — Question 8

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

8
  1. The first term of a geometric progression is 50 and the common ratio is 0.8 . Use logarithms to find the smallest value of \(k\) such that the value of the \(k\) th term is less than 0.15 .
  2. In a different geometric progression, the second term is - 3 and the sum to infinity is 4 . Show that there is only one possible value of the common ratio and hence find the first term. \section*{Question 9 begins on page 4.}