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AP GP Exercise

This document contains 17 multi-part math problems involving arithmetic and geometric progressions. Some key details include: - Problem 1 asks to prove a formula for the sum of integers between m and n, and find the sum of integers between 1450 and 3500 not divisible by 3. - Problem 2 involves expressions for terms in an arithmetic progression and relating them to terms in a geometric progression. - Problem 3 involves finding the k-th term and sum of terms for a given sequence. - Other problems involve relating terms and sums of terms between arithmetic and geometric progressions, expressions for the n-th term and sum of terms of progressions, and applying progression concepts to real-world scenarios like loan repayment.

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AP GP Exercise

This document contains 17 multi-part math problems involving arithmetic and geometric progressions. Some key details include: - Problem 1 asks to prove a formula for the sum of integers between m and n, and find the sum of integers between 1450 and 3500 not divisible by 3. - Problem 2 involves expressions for terms in an arithmetic progression and relating them to terms in a geometric progression. - Problem 3 involves finding the k-th term and sum of terms for a given sequence. - Other problems involve relating terms and sums of terms between arithmetic and geometric progressions, expressions for the n-th term and sum of terms of progressions, and applying progression concepts to real-world scenarios like loan repayment.

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AP & GP

Ryan Png
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1. Prove that the sum of all integers between m and n (where m, n Z, n > m) is: (m + n)(n m + 1).
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Hence, find the sum of all integers from 1450 to 3500 that are not divisible by 3.
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2. The terms of an arithmetic progression A, with common difference , are denoted by u1 , u2 , ..., uk , ...
3
with u1 = 1.
Express uk+1 in terms of k.
The first two terms of a geometric progression G are v1 , v2 where v1 = u1 , v2 = u4 . Find:
(a) the common ratio of G
(b) the sum of the first n terms of G
(c) in terms of k, the sum of the first k terms of A.
If uk = vn , express k in terms of n. Hence show that the ratio of the sum of the first k terms
1
of A to the sum of the first n terms of G is equal to (1 + 3n1 ).
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3. Suppose a sequence is such that: 1, , , , , , ... , ...
4 4 4 16 16 16
(a)

1
appears for the first time as the k th term, find k and the exact sum of the first k th
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terms.

(b) Find the sum to infinity of this sequence.


4. The first term a of an AP is also the first term of a convergent GP. Given also that the sum of
the first 5 terms of the AP is 450 and that it is twice the sum of the first 2 terms of the AP.
Find the first term of the GP.
2048
If the product of the first 11 terms of the GP is
, find the least value of n for the sum
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th
to the n terms to be within 2% of the sum to infinity.
3n+1
5. Given that the sum of a series Sn = 8 n1 , show that the series is a GP.
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Find also the first term of the GP.
Suppose that the third term of the GP and every third term thereafter is removed from the
series, find the sum to infinity of the remaining series.
6. Given that the ratio of the sum to nth terms of two series in AP is given by:
the exact ratio of the nth term of the two series.
1

11n + 15
. Find
20n + 9

7. A sequence A1 , A2 , A3 , ..., An are defined as follows:


A1 = 5,

An+1 = 3(A1 + A2 + A3 + ... + An )

(a) Prove that A2 , A3 , A4 , ..., An form a GP.


(b) Hence, find: A1 A2 + A3 + .... + A2n .
8. (a) The first and second terms of an infinite convergent geometric series are a, a3 a where
all the terms are negative. Find the range of values of a.
If the sum of all terms after the nth is equal to the nth term, find the value of a and hence
the sum to infinity of the series.
(b) The first 2 terms of a geometric progression are p and q, where q < p and p 6= 0. If the
sum of the first n terms is equal to the sum to infinity of the remaining terms, prove that:
pn = 2q n .
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(c) Another infinite geometric sequence has first two terms 5a and respectively, where a 6= 0.
2
Find the range of values of a for which the sequence is convergent.
9. The arithmetic progression 2, 5, 8, 11, ... are arranged into rows in the following manner:
Row 1:
Row 2:
Row 3:

2
5, 8
11, 14, 17, 20
...

(a) Find the first term in the nth row.


(b) Show that the sum of all terms in the first n rows is given by: (2n 1)(3(2n1 ) 1).
(c) Find the first row in which the row contains a number greater than 1 106 .
10. Given that Sn = x and S2n = y. Show that Skn =

k
(x(4 2k) + y(k 1)), where k Z+ .
2

11. The terms of an arithmetic progression A are denoted by u0 , u1 , u2 , ..., uk with u0 = 1. The
p
common difference is , where p and q are positive integers. Show that:
q
uk = 1 +

pk
q

The terms v0 , v1 , v2 are defined by: v0 = u0 , v1 = uq , v2 = uq(p+2) .


Show that v0 , v1 , v2 are the first three terms of a geometric progression G.
It is given that: vn , the (n + 1)th term of G, is equal to 1 +

ps
q

(a) Express s in terms of p, q and n


(b) Show that s is a positive integer, and deduce that every term of G is a term of A.
s
(c) Show that the sum of the first n terms of G is .
q
2

(d) Show that the ratio of the sum of the first s terms of A to the sum of the first n terms of
1
1
G is equal to q{(1 + p)n + 1} p.
2
2
(C Math S Paper 1996)
12. Ryan took a study loan of $450 000 to pay off his degree. The bank charges an annual interest
rate of 4% on the outstanding loan at the end of each year. Ryan pays $2200 at the beginning
of each month until he finishes paying for his loan. Suppose un is the amount that Ryan owes
the bank at the end of nth year, where n Z+ {0}.
(a) Show that un = k(un1 12000) , where k is a constant to be determined.
(b) Express un in the form of a + b(1.04)n , where a and b are constants to be determined.
(c) Find the minimum number of years required for Ryan to fully pay up his study loan.
(d) If Ryan decides to terminates his loan after 20 years by paying the remaining sum by cash.
However, there is a penalty of 6.5% on the remaining loan for early termination. If Ryan
had not terminated his loan earlier, find the total interest he has to pay after 15 years.
Thus, determine, with justification, if it is to Ryans benefit to make an early termination.
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13. The sequence U1 , U2 , U3 , ... is such that: U1 = 2, U2 = 8 and Un = Un2 + 7.
2
(a) Show that U2n =
14. Given that: Tr = 22+rb , where b is a constant.
(a) show that the terms of the series

n
X

ln Tr forms an arithmetic progression.

r=1

(b) express Sn , sum of the first n terms of this arithmetic progression, in terms of n and b.
(c) hence find an inequality satisfied by the constant b such that the difference between S1 3
and S1 4 is not more than 0.5.
15. An arithmetic progression A has first term 1 and common difference 2. A geometric progression
a
G has first term a and the sum of the first n terms of G may be given by: (3n 1), where a
2
is an integer.
(a) Given that every term in G is also a term in A, find the condition to be satisfied by a.
(b) Prove that the progression 2t1 , 2t2 , 2t3 , 2t4 , ... is a geometric progression, where t1 , t2 , t3 , t4 , ...
are consecutive terms in A.
16. A sequence u1 , u2 , u3 , ... is such that u1 = 1 and:
(
2un
when n is an even number
un+1 =
un + 2 when n is an odd number
(a) Show that u2k1 = u2k 2 for k Z+ .
It is given that vk = u2k1 + u2k + 6 for k Z+ .
(b) Show that the sequence v1 , v2 , v3 , ... is a geometric progression with common ratio of 2,
state the value of v1 .
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(c) By showing that

50
X
r=1

ur =

25
X

vr 150.

r=1

17. Suppose I borrow $x from DBS to pay loan sharks at a rate of 5% per month. I intend to pay
back

(a)

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