AQA Paper 1 2019 June — Question 5

Exam BoardAQA
ModulePaper 1 (Paper 1)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

5 An arithmetic sequence has first term \(a\) and common difference \(d\). The sum of the first 16 terms of the sequence is 260 5
  1. Show that \(4 a + 30 d = 65\)
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  2. Given that the sum of the first 60 terms is 315 , find the sum of the first 41 terms.
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  3. \(\quad S _ { n }\) is the sum of the first \(n\) terms of the sequence. Explain why the value you found in part (b) is the maximum value of \(S _ { n }\)