Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Series

Series — practice question

(a)[4]

A geometric progression has third term $20$ and sum to infinity equal to three times the first term. Find the first term.

(b)[4]

In an arithmetic progression, the eighth term is three times the third term. Show that the total of the first eight terms is four times the total of the first four terms.

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