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1.4 Sequences and Series

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Question 240

In a study of fluid dynamics, the pressure PPP within a vessel at a specific depth hhh is modeled by the expression

(4+kh)5 (4 + kh)^5 (4+kh)5

where kkk is a positive constant. For small values of hhh, the pressure can be approximated by the binomial expansion

P(h)=A+Bh+Ch2+Dh3+⋯ P(h) = A + Bh + Ch^2 + Dh^3 + \cdots P(h)=A+Bh+Ch2+Dh3+⋯

where A,B,CA, B, CA,B,C and DDD are constants.

a.

Find the value of AAA.

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b.

Given that B=2DB = 2DB=2D and k>0k > 0k>0,

Find:

(i) the value of kkk

(ii) the value of CCC

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1.4 Sequences and Series Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /1.4 Sequences and Series

308 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Maths 1.4 Sequences and Series, covering 1.4.1 Binomial expansion for positive integer n, 1.4.2 Link to binomial probabilities, 1.4.3 Binomial expansion for rational n (A-level only), 1.4.4 Validity of the expansion (A-level only), 1.4.5 Sequences (A-level only), 1.4.6 Increasing, decreasing and periodic sequences (A-level only), 1.4.7 Sigma notation (A-level only), 1.4.8 Arithmetic sequences and series (A-level only), 1.4.9 Geometric sequences and series (A-level only), 1.4.10 Sum to infinity of a geometric series (A-level only), and 1.4.11 Modelling with sequences and series (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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