OCR H240/02 2022 June — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleH240/02 (Pure Mathematics and Statistics)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

4 An artist is creating a design for a large painting. The design includes a set of steps of varying heights. In the painting the lowest step has height 20 cm and the height of each other step is \(5 \%\) less than the height of the step immediately below it. In the painting the total height of the steps is 205 cm , correct to the nearest centimetre. Determine the number of steps in the design.