Edexcel P2 2021 October — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleP2 (Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2021
SessionOctober
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

5. A company that owned a silver mine
  • extracted 480 tonnes of silver from the mine in year 1
  • extracted 465 tonnes of silver from the mine in year 2
  • extracted 450 tonnes of silver from the mine in year 3
    and so on, forming an arithmetic sequence.
    1. Find the mass of silver extracted in year 14
After a total of 7770 tonnes of silver was extracted, the company stopped mining. Given that this occurred at the end of year \(N\),
  • show that $$N ^ { 2 } - 65 N + 1036 = 0$$
  • Hence, state the value of \(N\).