Examination e Questions 1, Thenth terms of two sequences are defined as follows: a) u=1-1/n b) m= 1—t/ues where uy =2 Decide in each case whether the sequence is convergent, divergent, oscillating or periodic, giving reasons for your answers 2. Determine the behaviour of the following sequences, a) User = U(U,—2), Ui = b) Use U's —Un-1, U: 9) Xavi = K+ Xan, X (the famous fibonacci series). 3, A woman saves $120 during the first year, $150 in the second year and $180 in the third year, If she continues het savings according to this scheme, in which year will she save $1020? 4, The price of a loaf of bread is $6500. If the price of a loaf of bread increases by $2500 every month , find how long it will take for the to be $5750000. 5. ‘The 1” term of an arithmetic series is 38 and the tenth term is 2. Given that the sum of, the first n terms of the series is 72, calculate the possible values of n. 6. The first term of a geometric series is 5 and the common ratio is 1.2. Find for this 4) the 16” term, giving your answer to the nearest integer. b) the sum of the first 30 terms, giving your answer to the nearest integer. ©) Givea reason why this series has no sum to infinity 7. A proprietor of a certain industry makes a list of her five favourite charities, donating $6million to the first on the list. If each remaining charity receives half of the amount donated to the preceding charity on the list, how much money does she donate? altogether? 8, Express 0.3 4 5 4s a rational fraction. 9. In 1996, certain school had a population of 950, Students bad been leaving the school at a rate of 25 per year. Also, because of a false rumour that the school was closing down there was a decrease in the population of the school at the of 5% of the previous year's population: a) Set upa recurrence equation representing the given data. Hence create a ‘mathematical model for projecting the population of the school b) Determine when the population of the school will be less than 500 10. Ina potato race, the first potato is 5m from the finishing line, the second is a further 10m away, the third a further 10mm away, and soon, There ate 6 potatoes ‘A’ Level Pure Maths Page 12510, Ina potato the first potato is Sm from the finishing li further 10m away, the third a further 10mm away, and soon. There are 6 potatoes oo ‘A’ Level Pure Maths Page 125 Page 125 per competitor. Ifa competitor starts at the finishing line, runs to the first potato, back to the finishing line, runs to the second, and brings it back, etc. how much distance will the competitor cover?