Edexcel C2 — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

7. A geometric series has first term 1200. Its sum to infinity is 960 .
  1. Show that the common ratio of the series is \(- \frac { 1 } { 4 }\).
  2. Find, to 3 decimal places, the difference between the ninth and tenth terms of the series.
  3. Write down an expression for the sum of the first \(n\) terms of the series. Given that \(n\) is odd,
  4. prove that the sum of the first \(n\) terms of the series is $$960 \left( 1 + 0.25 ^ { n } \right)$$