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1 The ninth term of an arithmetic progression is 22 and the sum of the first 4 terms is 49.

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

The nth term of the progression is 46.

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


2 (a) Find the sum of all the multiples of 5 between 100 and 300 inclusive. [3]

(b) A geometric progression has a common ratio of − 23 and the sum of the first 3 terms is 35. Find
(i) the first term of the progression, [3]
(ii) the sum to infinity. [2]
3 The first term of a geometric progression is 12 and the second term is −6. Find
(i) the tenth term of the progression, [3]
(ii) the sum to infinity. [2]
4 (a) The fifth term of an arithmetic progression is 18 and the sum of the first 5 terms is 75. Find the
first term and the common difference. [4]

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(b) The first term of a geometric progression is 16 and the fourth term is 4. Find the sum to infinity
of the progression. [3]
5 (a) A geometric progression has first term 100 and sum to infinity 2000. Find the second term. [3]

(b) An arithmetic progression has third term 90 and fifth term 80.
(i) Find the first term and the common difference. [2]
(ii) Find the value of m given that the sum of the first m terms is equal to the sum of the first
(m + 1) terms. [2]
(iii) Find the value of n given that the sum of the first n terms is zero. [2]

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