CAIE P1 2016 June — Question 9

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

9
  1. The first term of a geometric progression in which all the terms are positive is 50 . The third term is 32 . Find the sum to infinity of the progression.
  2. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are \(2 \sin x , 3 \cos x\) and ( \(\sin x + 2 \cos x\) ) respectively, where \(x\) is an acute angle.
    1. Show that \(\tan x = \frac { 4 } { 3 }\).
    2. Find the sum of the first twenty terms of the progression.