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3 Sequences Problems

1. The document provides information and exercises on sequences, series, and summations. It defines arithmetic and geometric progressions, and provides formulas for the kth term, sum of the first n terms, and infinite sums of arithmetic and geometric series. 2. Students are asked to find terms, sums, differences and apply formulas to various arithmetic and geometric sequences and progressions given in the exercises. They are also asked to use the binomial theorem to expand expressions and approximate values.

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3 Sequences Problems

1. The document provides information and exercises on sequences, series, and summations. It defines arithmetic and geometric progressions, and provides formulas for the kth term, sum of the first n terms, and infinite sums of arithmetic and geometric series. 2. Students are asked to find terms, sums, differences and apply formulas to various arithmetic and geometric sequences and progressions given in the exercises. They are also asked to use the binomial theorem to expand expressions and approximate values.

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0C2 Exercise Sheet 3

Sequences, series and summations

1. Complete the following sentences using the phrases:


n
sum, difference, first term, last term, ak , ak = a + (k − 1)d, d = ak+1 − ak , 2

The kth term of the sequence a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . is denoted by . We say that


the sequence is an arithmetic progression if each pair of consecutive terms have a common
, d. That is d = , for all k. If the arithmetic progres-
sion has a, then the kth term can be expressed as . The
of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression can be found by adding to-
gether the and the , and multiplying the result by .

2. Find the 100th term of the following arithmetic progression:


7 19 29
2
, 4, 6, 4
, ...
What is the sum of the first 100 terms?

3. If the first term of an arithmetic progression is 1, and the sum of the first 5 terms is 37,
what is the common difference?

4. Complete the following sentences using the phrases:


ak+1 n k
ratio, ak = ark−1 , r = ak , a 1−r a
P
, sum, 1−r
, first term, 1−r
ak k=1

We say that the sequence a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . is a geometric progression if each pair of consec-


utive terms have a common r. That is . If the geometric
progression has first term a and common r, then the kth term can be ex-
pressed as . The of the first n terms of a geometric progres-
sion is given by . The sum of the first n terms of a geometric progression
with a and common r 6= 1 is given by . If
−1 < r < 1, then the (infinite) sum of all terms in the geometric progression is .
5. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the following geometric progression:
1, 23 , 94 , 8
, 16 ,
27 81
...
What is the sum of the infinite progression?

6. Find the sum of the first 8 terms of the following geometric series:
1 + 3 + 9 + 27 + 81 + ...
After how many terms is the sum greater than a million?

7. Use the Binomial Theorem to expand the following:


√ √
(i) (a + b)7 , (ii) ( 3 − 2)4 .
(Note: for part (ii), give the exact answer using a radical; don’t give approximate values.)

8. Expand (1 + x)6 , and use this to approximate (1.01)6 to four decimal places.

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