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Question 96

A mining operation extracts gold from a specific site. The mass of gold extracted in the first month is aaa kg, and the mass extracted in each subsequent month is a constant fraction rrr of the mass extracted in the previous month.

Given that:

  • the total mass of gold extracted in the first three months is 747474 kg
  • the total mass of gold that could theoretically be extracted if mining continued indefinitely is 128128128 kg

find, for this operation,

a.

the common ratio, rrr,

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b.

the mass extracted in the first month, aaa.

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Sequences and Series Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /Sequences and Series

178 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Maths Sequences and Series, covering 3.1 Arithmetic Sequences, 3.2 Arithmetic Series, 3.3 Geometric Sequences, 3.4 Geometric Series, 3.5 Sum to Infinity, 3.6 Sigma Notation, 3.7 Recurrence Relations, and 3.8 Modelling with Series. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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