MTES1074 : Basic Algebra

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Sequences & Series

Ques<on 1

A girl has 500 stamps in her collec3on. If she gives away 5 stamps every week to her friends,
how many will be le> in her collec3on at the end of 10th weeks?

Ques<on 2

Ali borrows from Ahmad RM720. At the end of the first month he pays RM20. For the
following months he pays RM15 more than the previous month.
a) How long will Ali take to seJle his loan?
b) Find the amount of the last payment he makes.

Ques<on 3

A factory worker is able to save RM20.00 from his first month salary and RM25.00 in the
second month. In the following month he increases the savings by RM5.00 each month. How
long will it take for him to save RM500.00

Ques<on 4

When a rubber ball is dropped from a height of 100 cm onto a flat concrete floor, each 3me
it bounces to a height of 0.9 of its previous bounce. When it hits the floor for the 10th 3me,
what is the height it will rise?

Ques<on 5

The value of a certain type of vehicle when it is new is RM4500 and it depreciates by 10%
each year. Find the value of this vehicle when it is five years old.

Ques<on 6

A woman invests RM500 in a finance ins3tu3on at the beginning of each year that pays 6%
per annum compound interest. Calculate the amount of money she will have at the end of
10th year.

Ques<on 7

How many terms of the geometric sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, … are required to make a sum of
16383 ?
Ques<on 8

On 1 January 2021, Mr Lam invested an ini3al sum of RM1000 in an educa3on policy for his
son. He invests the same amount on 1 January every year. Each year, the policy declares an
annual dividend of 5% on 1 January the subsequent year. Mr Lam reinvested the dividend he
received.
a) Show that the amount of money, in RM, accumulated including dividend a>er
! years is given by 21000(1.05! − 1)
b) Calculate the amount of money accumulated including dividend on 1 January 2045.\

Ques<on 9

A worker of a company received an annual salary of RM14880 on the first year. If the
company pays out a fixed annual increment of RM755 every year, calculate
a) The annual salary received on the 22th year
b) The sum of salaries received for the first 18 years.

Ques<on 10

When a marble is dropped from the rest onto a horizontal floor, it bounces successively. In
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each bounce, the marble always reaches # of its previous height. If the marble is ini3ally
dropped from a height of 6m above the horizontal floor,
a) Find the paJern of the successive heights to which the marble bounces.
b) Obtain an expression for the total distance travelled by the marble a>er the !$%
bounce.
c) Deduce the total distance travelled by the marble before it stop bouncing
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