| Exam Board | CAIE |
|---|---|
| Module | FP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Session | November |
| Paper | Download PDF ↗ |
| Mark scheme | Download PDF ↗ |
| Topic | Sequences and series, recurrence and convergence |
4 The sequence $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } , a _ { 3 } , \ldots$ is such that, for all positive integers $n$,
$$a _ { n } = \frac { n + 5 } { \sqrt { } \left( n ^ { 2 } - n + 1 \right) } - \frac { n + 6 } { \sqrt { } \left( n ^ { 2 } + n + 1 \right) }$$
The sum $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { N } a _ { n }$ is denoted by $S _ { N }$. Find\\
(i) the value of $S _ { 30 }$ correct to 3 decimal places,\\
(ii) the least value of $N$ for which $S _ { N } > 4.9$.
\hfill \mbox{\textit{CAIE FP1 2015 Q4}}