OCR MEI Paper 1 2024 June — Question 11

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModulePaper 1 (Paper 1)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

11 The first three terms of a geometric sequence are \(5 k - 2,3 k - 6 , k + 2\), where \(k\) is a constant.
  1. Show that \(k\) satisfies the equation \(k ^ { 2 } - 11 k + 10 = 0\).
  2. When \(k\) takes the smaller of the two possible values, find the sum of the first 20 terms of the sequence.
  3. When \(k\) takes the larger of the two possible values, find the sum to infinity of the sequence.