CAIE P1 2023 November — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2023
SessionNovember
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

5 The first, second and third terms of a geometric progression are \(\sin \theta , \cos \theta\) and \(2 - \sin \theta\) respectively, where \(\theta\) radians is an acute angle.
  1. Find the value of \(\theta\).
  2. Using this value of \(\theta\), find the sum of the first 10 terms of the progression. Give the answer in the form \(\frac { b } { \sqrt { c } - 1 }\), where \(b\) and \(c\) are integers to be found.