Edexcel C2 2014 January — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2014
SessionJanuary
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

4. The first term of a geometric series is 5 and the common ratio is 1.2 For this series find, to 1 decimal place,
    1. the \(20 ^ { \text {th } }\) term,
    2. the sum of the first 20 terms. The sum of the first \(n\) terms of the series is greater than 3000
  1. Calculate the smallest possible value of \(n\).