KIDS CAMPUS SCHOOL (SENIOR SECTION)

SESSION 2024 – 2025

Worksheet
Additional Mathematics (0606)
Topic: Series and Sequence

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1 (a) The first three terms, in ascending powers of x, in the expansion of (3 + px) n are
243 + 810x + qx 2, where n, p and q are constants. Find the values of n, p and q. [5]

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(b) Find the term independent of y in the expansion of e2y - o . Give your answer in exact form.
3y 2 [2]

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2 (a) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are lg i 2 , lg i 5 and lg i 8 .

(i) Given that the sum to n terms of this progression is 4732 lg i , find the value of n. [5]

(ii) This sum is equal to -14196 . Find the exact value of i . [1]

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(b) The first three terms of a geometric progression are lg z 3 , lg z and lg z 3 .

(i) Determine whether this geometric progression has a sum to infinity. [2]

(ii) Find the nth term of this geometric progression, giving your answer in the form 3 A lg z ,
where A is a function of n. [3]

(iii) Find the value of z , given that the 20th term is 3 -18 . [1]

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3 (a) The first 3 terms of an arithmetic progression are 3 sin 2x , 5 sin 2x , 7 sin 2x .

(i) Show that the sum to n terms of this arithmetic progression can be written in the form
n (n + a) sin 2x , where a is a constant. [3]

2r
(ii) Given that x = , find the exact sum of the first 20 terms. [2]
3

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(b) The first 3 terms of a geometric progression are ln 2y , ln 4y 2 , ln 16y 4 .

(i) Find the nth term of this geometric progression. [2]

(ii) Find the sum to n terms of this geometric progression, giving your answer in its simplest
form. [2]

1 12 13
(c) The first 3 terms of a different geometric progression are b2w - l, b2w - l , b2w - l .
4 4 4
Find the values of w for which this geometric progression has a sum to infinity. [3]

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4 (a) In an arithmetic progression, the first term is a and the common difference is d. The sum of the
first three terms of this arithmetic progression is 42. The product of the first three terms of this
arithmetic progression is -6720 .

(i) Show that a (a + 2d ) = -480 . [3]

(ii) Hence, given that a is positive, find the values of a and d. [4]

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 e 4x e 11x
(b) In a geometric progression, the 3rd term is and the 10th term is . Find the first term and
4 512
the common ratio. [5]

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5 (a) In an arithmetic progression, the sum of the first 30 terms is -1065.
The sum of the next 20 terms is - 2210 .
Find the first term and the common difference. [5]

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(b) A geometric progression is such that the first term is 4 and the sum of the first three terms is 7.
Find the two possible values of the common ratio and find the sum to infinity for the convergent
progression. [5]

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 ba + xl
n
6 The expansion of in ascending powers of x begins b 4 + 48b 3 x , where n, a and b are
a
positive integers.

(a) Show that a 2 - 4 = b

n
48l2
. [4]
n

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(b) Given also that the third term is 1056b 2 x 2 , find the values of n, a and b. [6]

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 n
7 In the binomial expansion of b2 + xl , the first three terms in increasing powers of x are
2
9
b + abx + abx 2 . Find the values of the constants n, a and b. [8]
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8 (a) Find and simplify the term independent of x in the expansion of ex 2 - 1 3 o . [2]
2x

(i) Use the binomial theorem to show that `1 + 2 2j - `1 - 2 2j = k 2 , where k is an integer

4 4
9
to be found. [4]

`1 + 2 2j - `1 - 2 2j
4 4

(ii) Hence write in the form a + b 2 , where a and b are integers. [2]
1+ 2

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10 (a) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are ln q, lnq 4 and lnq 7 , where q is a positive
constant. The sum to n terms of this progression is 4845 ln q . Find the value of n. [3]

(b) The first three terms of a geometric progression are p 3x, p x and p -x , where p is a positive
integer. Find the nth term of this progression giving your answer in the form p (a + bn) x . [3]

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(c) The first three terms of a different geometric progression arecos 2 3i, cos 4 3i and cos 6 3i,
3 9 27
r
for 0 1 i 1 . Find the set of values of i for which this progression has a sum to infinity. [5]
3

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11 Find the coefficient of x 8 in the expansion of `1 - x 2jb2x - 1l .
10
[5]
x

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12 (a) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are (2x + 1) , 4 (2x + 1) and 7 (2x + 1) , where
1
x !- .
2
n
(i) Show that the sum to n terms can be written in the form (2x + 1) (An + B) , where A and B
2
are integers to be found. [2]

(ii) Given that the sum to n terms is (54n + 37) (2x + 1) , find the value of n. [2]

(iii) Given also that the sum to n terms in part (ii) is equal to 1017.5, find the value of x. [2]

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(b) The first three terms of a geometric progression are (2y + 1) , 3 (2y + 1) 2 and 9 (2y + 1) 3 , where
1
y !- .
2
Given that the nth term of the progression is equal to 4 times the (n + 2) th term, find the possible
values of y, giving your answers as fractions. [4]

(c) The first three terms of a different geometric progression are sin i , 2 sin 3 i and 4 sin 5 i , for
r
0 1 i 1 . Find the values of i for which the progression has a sum to infinity. [3]
2

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13 (a) Find the first three terms in the expansion of ex 2 - 42 o in descending powers of x. Give each
x
term in its simplest form. [3]

10 2
4 2
(b) Hence find the coefficient of x 16 in the expansion of ex 2 - 2 o ex + 2 o .
2
[3]
x x

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b
14 In the expansion of eax + o , where a and b are constants with a 2 0 , the term independent of x is
x2
-145 152 and the coefficient of x 6 is - 6912. Show that a 2 b =- 12 and find the value of a and the
value of b. [7]

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15 (a) A geometric progression has first term 64 and common ratio 0.5.

(i) Find the 10th term. [2]

(ii) Find the sum of the first 10 terms. [2]

(iii) Find the sum to infinity. [1]

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(b) An arithmetic progression is such that S20 - 400 = 2S10 and u1|u6 is 1 : 5.
Find the sum of the first 3 terms of this progression. [6]

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16 (a) (i) Find the first three terms in the expansion of b1 + xl , in ascending powers of x. Simplify the
5

7
coefficient of each term. [2]

(ii) The expansion of 7 (1 + x) n b1 + l , where n is a positive integer, is written in ascending

x5
7
powers of x. The first two terms in the expansion are 7 + 89x . Find the value of n. [2]

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(b) In the expansion of (k - 2x) 8 , where k is a constant, the coefficient of x 4 divided by the coefficient
5
of x 2 is . The coefficient of x is positive. Form an equation and hence find the value of k. [5]
8

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17 An arithmetic progression, A, has first term a and common difference d.
The 2nd, 14th and 17th terms of A form the first three terms of a convergent geometric progression, G,
with common ratio r.

(a) (i) Given that d ! 0 , find two expressions for r in terms of a and d and hence show that a =- 17d .
[6]

(ii) Find the value of r. [2]

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 256
(b) The first term of the geometric progression, G, is q and the sum to infinity is .
3
Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the arithmetic progression, A. [7]

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18 (a) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are - 3 tan i , - tan i , tan i ,
r 2 2 2
where 0 1 i 1 .
2

19 3
(i) Given that the 12th term of this progression is equal to , find the exact value of i. [4]
3

(ii) Hence find the exact value of the sum to ten terms of this progression. [2]

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 1 1
(b) The first three terms of a geometric progression are cosec 4 z , cosec 2 z , 1,
16 4
r r
where - 1z1 .
2 2
(i) Given that the sum of the 3rd and 4th terms of this progression is equal to 4, find the possible
values of z. [4]

(ii) Determine whether or not this progression has a sum to infinity. [2]

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19 (a) It is given that the first four terms, in ascending powers of x, in the expansion of b1 - xl can be
n

2
written in the form 1 - 8x + px 2 + qx 3 , where n, p and q are integers. Find the values of n, p and q.
[5]

6
2 x
(b) Find the term independent of x in the expansion of e + o , giving your answer as a rational
x2 3
number. [2]

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 n
The first three terms, in descending powers of x, in the expansion of e2x 2 - o can be written in the
20 1
4x
form 256x 16 + ax 13 + bx c , where n, a, b and c are integers. Find the values of n, a, b and c. [6]

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21 In this question a and b are integers.

Three terms in the expansion of (2 + ax) 5 (1 + bx) are 32 + 112x - 240x 2 . Find the values of a and b.
[7]

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22 (a) An arithmetic progression has twelve terms. The sum of the first three terms is -36 and the sum of
the last three terms is 72. Find the first term and the common difference. [5]

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23 (b) The first three terms of a geometric progression are 1, 1.2 and 1.44. Find the smallest value of n
such that the sum of the first n terms is greater than 500. [5]

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24 (a) In an arithmetic progression the 5th term is 11. The 7th term is three times the 2nd term.
Find the 1st term and the common difference. [4]

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(b) A different arithmetic progression (AP) and a geometric progression (GP) have the following
properties.

• The 1st terms of the AP and GP are both 3.

• The 2nd term of the AP is the same as the 3rd term of the GP.
• The 6th term of the AP is the same as the 5th term of the GP.
• The common ratio of the GP is greater than 1.

Find the common difference of the AP and the common ratio of the GP. [6]

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25 (a) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are lg 3, 3 lg 3, 5 lg 3. Given that the sum to n
terms of this progression can be written as 256 lg 81, find the value of n. [5]

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(b)

The first three terms of a geometric progression are ln 256, ln 16, ln 4. Find the sum to infinity
of this progression, giving your answer in the form p ln 2. [4]

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26 An arithmetic progression is such that the fourth term is 25 and the ninth term is 50.

(a) Find the first term and the common difference. [3]

(b) Find the least number of terms for which the sum of the progression is greater than 25 000. [3]

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27 The first three terms, in ascending powers of x, in the expansion of e1 - 2x o (1 + 3x) 3 are written in
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the form 1 + ax + bx 2 , where a and b are constants. Find the exact values of a and b. [7]

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28 (a) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are sin 3x, 5 sin 3x, 9 sin 3x . Find the exact
r
values of x, where 0 G x G , for which the sum to twenty terms is equal to 390. [6]
2

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29 (b) The first three terms of a geometric progression are 20 cos y, 10 cos 2 y, 5 cos 3 y .

(i) Explain why this progression has a sum to infinity. [2]

(ii) Find the value of y, where y is in radians and 0 1 y 1 2 , for which the sum to infinity is 9.
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places. [4]

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30 The first three terms, in ascending powers of x, in the expansion of b1 + xl (2 - 3x) 3 can be written
12

6
in the form 8 + px + qx 2 , where p and q are constants. Find the values of p and q. [8]

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31 The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are lg x, lg x 5 , lg x 9 , where x 2 0 .

(a) Show that the sum to n terms of this arithmetic progression can be written as n (pn - 1) lg x ,
where p is an integer. [4]

(b) Hence find the value of n for which the sum to n terms is equal to 4950 lg x . [2]

(c) Given that this sum to n terms is also equal to -14850, find the exact value of x. [2]

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32 The first three terms, in descending powers of x, of the expansion of bax + 2l b1 - bl , can be written
5 2

5 x
as 32x 5 - 160x 4 + cx 3 , where a, b and c are constants. Find the exact values of a, b and c. [9]

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33 (a) Find the rational numbers a, b and c, such that the first three terms, in descending powers of x, in
5
the expansion of e3x - o can be written in the form ax 10 + bx 7 + cx 4 .
2 1
[3]
9x

5 2
e3x 2 -
1o 1
9x e
(b) Hence find the coefficient of x 4 in the expansion of 1 + 3o . [3]
x

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34 A geometric progression is such that the fifteenth term is equal to 1 of the twelfth term. The sum to
8
infinity is 5.

(a) Find the first term and the common ratio. [4]

(b) Find the least number of terms needed for the sum of the geometric progression to be greater than
4.999. [3]

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35 (a) (i) Write down, in ascending powers of x, the first three terms in the expansion of (1 + 4x) n .
Simplify each term. [2]

(ii) In the expansion of (1 + 4x) n (1 - 4x) the coefficient of x 2 is 6032. Given that n 2 0, find
the value of n. [3]

10
x 8
(b) Find the term independent of x in the expansion of e - 4 o . [2]
2 x

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36 The sum of the first three terms of a geometric progression is 17.5 and the sum to infinity is 20.
Find the first term and the common ratio. [6]

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37 (a) (i) Use the binomial theorem to expand (1 + 3x) 7 in ascending powers of x, as far as the term
in x 3 . Simplify each term. [2]

(ii) Show that your expansion from part (i) gives the value of 1.03 7 as 1.23 to 2 decimal places.
[2]

15
e x + 2o .
4
(b) Find the term independent of x in the expansion of [2]
2 x

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38 (a) A geometric progression has first term a and common ratio r, where r 2 0 . The second term of
this progression is 8. The sum of the third and fourth terms is 160.

(i) Show that r satisfies the equation r 2 + r - 20 = 0 . [4]

(ii) Find the value of a. [3]

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(b) An arithmetic progression has first term p and common difference 2. The qth term of this
progression is 14.
A different arithmetic progression has first term p and common difference 4. The sum of the first
q terms of this progression is 168.

Find the values of p and q. [6]

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39 (a) A geometric progression has third term 4.5 and sixth term 15.1875. Find the first term and the
common ratio. [4]

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(b) Find the sum of ten terms of the progression, starting with the sixteenth term. Give your answer to
the nearest integer. [4]

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40 (a) The sum of the first 20 terms of an arithmetic progression is 1100. The sum of the first 70 terms is
14 350. Find the 12th term. [6]

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(b) The first three terms of a geometric progression are x + 6, x - 9, (x + 1) . Show that x
2
satisfies the equation x 2 - 43x + 156 = 0 . Hence show that a sum to infinity exists for each
possible value of x. [7]

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41 The first four terms in ascending powers of x in the expansion (3 + ax) 4 can be written as
3
81 + bx + cx 2 + x 3 . Find the values of the constants a, b and c. [6]
2

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42 (a) The third term of an arithmetic progression is 10 and the sum of the first 8 terms is 116. Find the
first term and common difference. [5]

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(b) Find the sum of nineteen terms of the progression, starting with the twelfth term. [4]

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 The first 3 terms in the expansion of `a + xj b1 - l , in ascending powers of x, can be written in the
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3
form 27 + bx + cx 2 , where a, b and c are integers. Find the values of a, b and c. [8]

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 `2 + axj
n
44 The first three terms, in ascending powers of x, in the expansion of can be written as
64 + bx + cx 2 , where n, a, b and c are constants.

(a) Find the value of n. [1]

(b) Show that 5b 2 = 768c . [4]

(c) Given that b = 12 , find the exact value of a and of c. [2]

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45 (a) A geometric progression has first term 10 and sum to infinity 6.

(i) Find the common ratio of this progression. [2]

(ii) Hence find the sum of the first 7 terms, giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places. [2]

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(b) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are log x 3, log x (3 2) , log x (3 3) .

(i) Find the common difference of this progression. [1]

(ii) Find, in terms of n and log x 3, the sum to n terms of this progression. Simplify your answer.
[2]

(iii) Given that the sum to n terms is 3081 log x 3, find the value of n. [2]

(iv) Hence, given that the sum to n terms is also equal to 1027, find the value of x. [2]

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46 (a) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are - 4, 8, 20 . Find the smallest number of terms
for which the sum of this arithmetic progression is greater than 2000. [4]

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(b) The 7th and 9th terms of a geometric progression are 27 and 243 respectively. Given that the
geometric progression has a positive common ratio, find

(i) this common ratio, [2]

(ii) the 30th term, giving your answer as a power of 3. [2]

r r
(c) Explain why the geometric progression 1, sin i , sin 2 i , … for - 1i1 , where i is in
2 2
radians, has a sum to infinity. [2]

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47 (a) Find the first three non-zero terms in the expansion of e2 - x o in ascending powers of x. Simplify
4
each term. [3]

6 2
1
Hence find the term independent of x in the expansion of e2 - o e3 - 2 o .
x2
(b) [3]
4 x

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48 (a) In the expansion of b2k - xl , where k is a constant, the coefficient of x 2 is 160. Find the value
5

k
of k. [3]

(b) (i) Find, in ascending powers of x, the first 3 terms in the expansion of `1 + 3xj , simplifying
6

the coefficient of each term. [2]

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(ii) When `1 + 3xj `a + xj is written in ascending powers of x, the first three terms are
6 2

4 + 68x + bx 2 , where a and b are constants. Find the value of a and of b. [3]

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49 The 2nd, 8th and 44th terms of an arithmetic progression form the first three terms of a geometric
progression. In the arithmetic progression, the first term is 1 and the common difference is positive.

(a) (i) Show that the common difference of the arithmetic progression is 5. [5]

(ii) Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the arithmetic progression. [2]

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(b) (i) Find the 5th term of the geometric progression. [2]

(ii) Explain whether or not the sum to infinity of this geometric progression exists. [1]

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(a) Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of x , in the expansion of e - x 2o . Write your
50 2 1 2
2 3
coefficients as rational numbers. [3]

8
(b) Find the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of e - x 2o b2x + l .
2
1 2 1
[3]
2 3 x

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51 A geometric progression is such that its sum to 4 terms is 17 times its sum to 2 terms. It is given that the
common ratio of this geometric progression is positive and not equal to 1.

(a) Find the common ratio of this geometric progression. [3]

(b) Given that the 6th term of the geometric progression is 64, find the first term. [2]

(c) Explain why this geometric progression does not have a sum to infinity. [1]

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52 Using the binomial theorem, expand (1 + e 2x) 4 , simplifying each term. [2]

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53 (a) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are x, 5x - 4 and 8x + 2 . Find x and the common
difference. [4]

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(b) The first three terms of a geometric progression are y, 5y - 4 and 8y + 2 .

(i) Find the two possible values of y. [4]

(ii) For each of these values of y, find the corresponding value of the common ratio. [2]

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 1 1 1
54 (a) The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are , ,- .
p q q

2
(i) Show that the common difference can be written as - . [3]
3p

k
(ii) The 10th term of the progression is , where k is a constant. Find the value of k. [2]
p

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55 An arithmetic progression has first term a and common difference d. The third term is 13 and the tenth
term is 41.

(a) Find the value of a and of d. [4]

(b) Find the number of terms required to give a sum of 2555. [4]

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(c) Given that Sn is the sum to n terms, show that S2k - Sk = 3k (1 + 2k) . [4]

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56 (b) The sum to infinity of a geometric progression is 8. The second term of the progression is 3 . Find
2
the two possible values of the common ratio. [5]

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57 An arithmetic progression has first term a and common difference d. The third term is 13 and the tenth
term is 41.

(a) Find the value of a and of d. [4]

(b) Find the number of terms required to give a sum of 2555. [4]

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(c) Given that Sn is the sum to n terms, show that S2k - Sk = 3k (1 + 2k) . [4]

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58 The first 3 terms in the expansion of (3 - ax) 5 , in ascending powers of x, can be written in the form
b - 81x + cx 2 . Find the value of each of a, b and c. [5]

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59 (a) Find the first 3 terms in the expansion of b4 - x l in ascending powers of x. Give each term in
6

16
its simplest form. [3]

x 6b
(b) Hence find the term independent of x in the expansion of b4 - l x - 1l .
2
[3]
16 x

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 Find the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of bx - lbx + l .
5
3 2
60 [5]
x x

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61 (a) An arithmetic progression has a first term of 7 and a common difference of 0.4. Find the least
number of terms so that the sum of the progression is greater than 300. [4]

(b) The sum of the first two terms of a geometric progression is 9 and its sum to infinity is 36. Given
that the terms of the progression are positive, find the common ratio. [4]

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 (1 + x) b1 - l
62 Given that the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of xn 25
is , find the value of the
2 4
positive integer n. [5]

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63 (a) Expand (2 - x) 5, simplifying each coefficient. [3]

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64 The first three terms in the expansion of `a + bxj5 (1 + x) are 32 - 208x + cx 2 . Find the value of
each of the integers a, b and c. [7]

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65 A geometric progression has a first term of 3 and a second term of 2.4. For this progression, find

(a) the sum of the first 8 terms, [3]

(b) the sum to infinity, [1]

(c) the least number of terms for which the sum is greater than 95% of the sum to infinity. [4]

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 (a) Find the term independent of x in the binomial expansion of b3x - x l .
16
66 [2]

(b) In the expansion of b1 + x l the coefficient of x4 is half the coefficient of x6. Find the value of
n

2
the positive constant n. [6]

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67 (a) An arithmetic progression has a second term of - 14 and a sum to 21 terms of 84. Find the first
term and the 21st term of this progression. [5]

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(b) A geometric progression has a second term of 27p 2 and a fifth term of p 5 . The common ratio, r, is
such that 0 1 r 1 1.

(i) Find r in terms of p. [2]

(ii) Hence find, in terms of p, the sum to infinity of the progression. [3]

(iii) Given that the sum to infinity is 81, find the value of p. [2]

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68 (a) An arithmetic progression has a second term of 8 and a fourth term of 18. Find the least number of
terms for which the sum of this progression is greater than 1560. [6]

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(b) A geometric progression has a sum to infinity of 72. The sum of the first 3 terms of this progression
333
is .
8
(i) Find the value of the common ratio. [5]

(ii) Hence find the value of the first term. [1]

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69 (a) The sum of the first two terms of a geometric progression is 10 and the third term is 9.

(i) Find the possible values of the common ratio and the first term. [5]

(ii) Find the sum to infinity of the convergent progression. [1]

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(b) In an arithmetic progression, u1 =- 10 and u 4 = 14. Find u100 + u101 + u 102 + f + u 200, the sum
of the 100th to the 200th terms of the progression. [4]

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70 (a) The first 5 terms of a sequence are given below.

4 -2 1 - 0.5 0.25

(i) Find the 20th term of the sequence. [2]

(ii) Explain why the sum to infinity exists for this sequence and find the value of this sum. [2]

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(b) The tenth term of an arithmetic progression is 15 times the second term. The sum of the first
6 terms of the progression is 87.

(i) Find the common difference of the progression. [4]

(ii) For this progression, the nth term is 6990. Find the value of n. [3]

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71 (a) The sum of the first 4 terms of an arithmetic progression is 38 and the sum of the next 4 terms is
86. Find the first term and the common difference. [5]

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(b) The third term of a geometric progression is 12 and the sixth term is - 96 . Find the sum of the first
10 terms of this progression. [6]

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