CAIE P1 2010 November — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2010
SessionNovember
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

5
  1. The first and second terms of an arithmetic progression are 161 and 154 respectively. The sum of the first \(m\) terms is zero. Find the value of \(m\).
  2. A geometric progression, in which all the terms are positive, has common ratio \(r\). The sum of the first \(n\) terms is less than \(90 \%\) of the sum to infinity. Show that \(r ^ { n } > 0.1\).