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1.4 Sequences and Series

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Question 23

Orchard A produces 180 kg of fruit in the first year and the annual production increases by 60 kg each subsequent year. Orchard B produces 400 kg of fruit in the first year and its annual production increases by 20 kg each subsequent year.

After how many years will the total amount of fruit produced by Orchard A and Orchard B be the same.

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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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