CAIE P1 2013 November — Question 9

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2013
SessionNovember
TopicGeometric Sequences and Series

9
  1. In an arithmetic progression the sum of the first ten terms is 400 and the sum of the next ten terms is 1000 . Find the common difference and the first term.
  2. A geometric progression has first term \(a\), common ratio \(r\) and sum to infinity 6. A second geometric progression has first term \(2 a\), common ratio \(r ^ { 2 }\) and sum to infinity 7 . Find the values of \(a\) and \(r\).