James starts a job in 2020 with an annual salary of £25000. He receives a 5% pay increase every year, with the first raise in 2021, so that his annual salaries form a geometric sequence.
Find, to the nearest £100, the salary James will receive in 2022.
Find, to the nearest £100, the total amount James will have earned from 2020 until the end of 2034.
Practise Edexcel A Level Maths Sequences and Series with exam-style questions for A Level Maths. 100 questions 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, matched to the Edexcel A Level Maths (9MA0) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.