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Class Notes 02 - Sequences and Series Markscheme

The document covers topics on sequences and series including arithmetic sequences, geometric sequences, arithmetic series, and geometric series. Various examples and practice questions are provided to illustrate each topic.

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Class Notes 02
Sequences and series

Time duration: 3 weeks

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Objectives covered:

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Contents

Number sequence ................................................................................................................................................................... 4


GDC: Table............................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Arithmetic sequence ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
Approximating using arithmetic sequence ........................................................................................................................... 11
Geometric sequence ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Growth and decay ................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Series ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Arithmetic series ................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Geometric series ................................................................................................................................................................... 25

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Number sequence
A number sequence is an ordered list of numbers defined by a rule.

The numbers in a sequence are called the terms of the sequence.

Example:

The sequence: 14, 17, 20, 23, .... starts at 14, and each term is 3 more than the previous
term. The next two terms are 26 and 29.

Example:

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GDC: Table

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Question 1:

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Arithmetic sequence

The general term formula

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Question 4:

An arithmetic sequence starts 23, 36, 49, 62, .... What is the first term of the sequence to
exceed 100 000?

Question 5:

Nada joins a social networking website. After 1 week she has 34 online friends. At the end
of 2 weeks she has 41 friends, after 3 weeks she has 48 friends, and after 4 weeks she has
55 friends.

a) Show that Nada’s number of friends forms an arithmetic sequence.


b) Assuming the pattern continues, find the number of online friends Nada will have
after 12 weeks.
c) After how many weeks will Nada have 150 online friends?

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Approximating using arithmetic sequence

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Geometric sequence

The general term formula

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Growth and decay


Problems of growth and decay involve repeated multiplications by a constant number. We
can therefore model the situations using geometric sequences.

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Question 17:

A plant is 0.8 m tall. It grows 2% each week. Find how tall the plant is after 10 weeks.

Question 18:

A ball is dropped vertically. It reaches a height of 1 .6 m on the first bounce. The height of
each subsequent bounce is 80% of the previous bounce. Find the height the ball reaches on
the 6th bounce.

Question 19:

A sports car cost 75 000 GBP. Each year it loses 8% of its initial value. Find how much the
car is worth after 5 years.

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Series

Properties of sigma notation

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Arithmetic series
An arithmetic series is the addition of successive terms of an arithmetic sequence.

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Geometric series

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