AQA C2 2014 June — Question 8 5 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2014
SessionJune
Marks5
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

8 An arithmetic series has first term \(a\) and common difference \(d\). The sum of the first 5 terms of the series is 575 .
  1. Show that \(a + 2 d = 115\).
  2. Given also that the 10th term of the series is 87, find the value of \(d\).
  3. The \(n\)th term of the series is \(u _ { n }\). Given that \(u _ { k } > 0\) and \(u _ { k + 1 } < 0\), find the value of \(\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { k } u _ { n }\).
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