AQA C2 2011 June — Question 9

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

9 The first term of a geometric series is 12 and the common ratio of the series is \(\frac { 3 } { 8 }\).
  1. Find the sum to infinity of the series.
  2. Show that the sixth term of the series can be written in the form \(\frac { 3 ^ { 6 } } { 2 ^ { 13 } }\).
  3. The \(n\)th term of the series is \(u _ { n }\).
    1. Write down an expression for \(u _ { n }\) in terms of \(n\).
    2. Hence show that $$\log _ { a } u _ { n } = n \log _ { a } 3 - ( 3 n - 5 ) \log _ { a } 2$$ (4 marks)