Edexcel Paper 2 2022 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePaper 2 (Paper 2)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

  1. A sequence of terms \(a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } , a _ { 3 } , \ldots\) is defined by
$$\begin{aligned} a _ { 1 } & = 3
a _ { n + 1 } & = 8 - a _ { n } \end{aligned}$$
    1. Show that this sequence is periodic.
    2. State the order of this periodic sequence.
  1. Find the value of $$\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { 85 } a _ { n }$$