AQA C2 2007 January — Question 5

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2007
SessionJanuary
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

5 The second term of a geometric series is 48 and the fourth term is 3 .
  1. Show that one possible value for the common ratio, \(r\), of the series is \(- \frac { 1 } { 4 }\) and state the other value.
  2. In the case when \(r = - \frac { 1 } { 4 }\), find:
    1. the first term;
    2. the sum to infinity of the series.