Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Series

Series — practice question

(a)[4]

A geometric progression has third term $\frac{1}{3}$ and fourth term $\frac{2}{9}$ respectively. Find the sum to infinity of the progression.

(b)[4]

A circle is split into $5$ sectors so that the sector angles are in arithmetic progression. If the largest sector angle is $4$ times the smallest sector angle, find the angle of the largest sector.

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