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The first term of a geometric progression is 32 and the fourth term is 12. Find the sum to infinity of the progression.

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AS and A Level
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The seventh term of an arithmetic progression is 19 and the sum of the first twelve terms is 224 . Find the fourth term.

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AS and A Level
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A geometric progression has first term 3 and common ratio r. A second geometric progression has first term 2 and common ratio 15r. The two progressions have the same sum to infinity S. Find the value of r and the value of S.

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AS and A Level
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A geometric progression has first term a, common ratio r and sum to infinity S. A second geometric progression has first term 5a , common ratio 3r and sum to infinity 10S. Find the value of r.[Write your answer as decimal]

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AS and A Level
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An arithmetic progression has first term -4. The nth term is 8 and the 2nth term is 20.8. Find the value of n.

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A television quiz show takes place every day. On day 1 the prize money is $1000. If this is not won the prize money is increased for day 2 .The prize money is increased in a similar way every day until it is won. The television company considered the following model for increasing the prize money.
Model : Increase the prize money by $1000 each day.
On each day that the prize money is not won the television company makes a donation to charity. The amount donated is 5% of the value of the prize on that day. After 40 days the prize money has still not been won. Calculate the total amount donated to charity.[Write your answer as numerical value only]

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AS and A Level
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A television quiz show takes place every day. On day 1 the prize money is $1000. If this is not won the prize money is increased for day 2 .The prize money is increased in a similar way every day until it is won. The television company considered the following model for increasing the prize money.
Model : Increase the prize money by 10% each day.
On each day that the prize money is not won the television company makes a donation to charity. The amount donated is 5% of the value of the prize on that day. After 40 days the prize money has still not been won. Calculate the total amount donated to charity.[Write your answer as numerical value only after correcting up to two decimals]

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
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The first two terms of an arithmetic progression are 1 and cos2x respectively. Show that the sum of the first ten terms can be expressed in the form a-bsin2x, where a and b are constants to be found.

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AS and A Level
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The first two terms of a geometric progression are 1 and 13tan2θ respectively. where 0<θ<12π. Find the set of values of θ for which the progression is convergent.