Edexcel C2 2012 January — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2012
SessionJanuary
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

  1. A geometric series has first term \(a = 360\) and common ratio \(r = \frac { 7 } { 8 }\)
Giving your answers to 3 significant figures where appropriate, find
  1. the 20 th term of the series,
  2. the sum of the first 20 terms of the series,
  3. the sum to infinity of the series.