AQA Paper 1 2022 June — Question 9 4 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModulePaper 1 (Paper 1)
Year2022
SessionJune
Marks4
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

9 The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are given by $$2 x + 5 \quad 5 x + 1 \quad 6 x + 7$$ 9
  1. Show that \(x = 5\) is the only value which gives an arithmetic sequence.
    9
    1. Write down the value of the first term of the sequence.
      9
  2. (ii) Find the value of the common difference of the sequence.
    9
  3. The sum of the first \(N\) terms of the arithmetic sequence is \(S _ { N }\) where $$\begin{array} { r } S _ { N } < 100000
    S _ { N + 1 } > 100000 \end{array}$$ Find the value of \(N\).
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