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1.4 Sequences and Series

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Question 12
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The first three terms of an arithmetic series are (2x−3)(2x-3)(2x−3), (5x−2)(5x-2)(5x−2) and (10x−7)(10x-7)(10x−7) respectively.

a.

Find the value of the constant xxx.

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b.

Find the sum of the first 25 terms of the series.

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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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