Edexcel C1 2018 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

  1. Each year, Andy pays into a savings scheme. In year one he pays in \(\pounds 600\). His payments increase by \(\pounds 120\) each year so that he pays \(\pounds 720\) in year two, \(\pounds 840\) in year three and so on, so that his payments form an arithmetic sequence.
    1. Find out how much Andy pays into the savings scheme in year ten.
      (2)
    Kim starts paying money into a different savings scheme at the same time as Andy. In year one she pays in \(\pounds 130\). Her payments increase each year so that she pays \(\pounds 210\) in year two, \(\pounds 290\) in year three and so on, so that her payments form a different arithmetic sequence. At the end of year \(N\), Andy has paid, in total, twice as much money into his savings scheme as Kim has paid, in total, into her savings scheme.
  2. Find the value of \(N\).