OCR MEI C2 2012 June — Question 11

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

11 A geometric progression has first term \(a\) and common ratio \(r\). The second term is 6 and the sum to infinity is 25 .
  1. Write down two equations in \(a\) and \(r\). Show that one possible value of \(a\) is 10 and find the other possible value of \(a\). Write down the corresponding values of \(r\).
  2. Show that the ratio of the \(n\)th terms of the two geometric progressions found in part (i) can be written as \(2 ^ { n - 2 } : 3 ^ { n - 2 }\).