SPS SPS SM 2023 October — Question 9

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS SM (SPS SM)
Year2023
SessionOctober
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

9. The first term of a geometric progression is 10 and the common ratio is 0.8 .
  1. Find the fourth term.
  2. Find the sum of the first 20 terms, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
  3. The sum of the first \(N\) terms is denoted by \(S _ { N }\), and the sum to infinity is denoted by \(S _ { \infty }\). Show that the inequality \(S _ { \infty } - S _ { N } < 0.01\) can be written as $$0.8 ^ { N } < 0.0002$$ and use logarithms to find the smallest possible value of \(N\).
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