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INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

Read the following instructions carefully before answering the questions.

1. This question paper consists of 17 questions.

2. Answer ALL the questions.

3. Answers must be written on your maths exercise book.

4. Clearly show ALL calculations, diagrams, et cetera that you have used in determining your
answers.

5. Answers only will not necessarily be awarded full marks.

6. You may use an approved scientific calculator (non-programmable and non-graphical), unless
stated otherwise.

7. If necessary, round off answers to TWO decimal places, unless stated otherwise.

8. Write neatly and legibly.

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QUESTION 1
Consider the following sequence : 399 ; 360 ; 323 ; 288 ; 255 ; 224

1.1 Determine the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term 𝑇𝑛 in terms of 𝑛. (6)

1.2 Determine which term (or terms) has a value of 0. (3)
1.3 Which term in the sequence will have the lowest value? (1)
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QUESTION 2

𝑎(𝑟 𝑛 −1)
2.1 Prove that 𝑎 + 𝑎𝑟 + 𝑎𝑟2 + ⋯ (𝑡𝑜 𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠) = ,𝑟≠1 (4)
𝑟−1

2.2 Given the geometric series: 3+1+ Calculate the sum to infinity. (3)
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QUESTION 3

3.1 Evaluate (4)

𝑛=1

3.2 The following sequence forms a convergent geometric sequence: 5𝑥 ; 𝑥2; 𝑥 2 ; ..5

3.2.1 Determine the possible value of 𝑥. (3)

3.2.2 If 𝑥 = 2, calculate the sum to infinity. (2)

3.3 The following arithmetic sequence is given: 20 ; 23 ; 26 ; 29 ; … ; 101

3.3.1 How many terms are there in this sequence? (2)

3.3.2 The even numbers are removed from the sequence. Calculate the sum of the terms of
the remaining sequence. (6)
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QUESTION 4
The sequence : 4 ; 9 ; 𝑥 ; 37 ; … is a quadratic sequence.
4.1 Calculate 𝑥. (3)

4.2 Hence. Or otherwise, determine the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of the sequence. (4)
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QUESTION 5
The sequence : 3 ; 9 ; 17 ; 27 ; … is a quadratic sequence.
5.1 Write down the next term. (1)

5.2 Determine an expression for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of the sequence. (4)

5.3 What is the value of the first term of the sequence that is greater than 269? (4)

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QUESTION 6

6.1 The first two terms of an infinite geometric sequence are 8 and . Prove, without the use of
a calculator, that the sum of the series is (4)

6.2 The following geometric series is given : 𝑥 = 5 + 15 + 45 + ⋯ 𝑡𝑜 20 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠.

6.2.1 Write this series in sigma notation (2)

6.2.2 Calculate the value of 𝑥. (3)

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QUESTION 7
𝑛
7.1 The sum to 𝑛 terms of a sequence is given as : 𝑆𝑛 = 2 (5𝑛 + 9)

7.1.1 Calculate the sum to 23 terms of the sequence. (2)

7.1.2 Hence calculate the 23rd term of the sequence. (3)

7.2 The first two terms of a geometric sequence and arithmetic sequence are the same. The first
term is 12. The sum of the first three terms of the geometric sequence is 3 more than the sum
of the first three terms of the arithmetic sequence.

Determine TWO possible values for the common ratio, 𝑟, of the geometric sequence.
(6)
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QUESTION 8
8.1 Given the sequence: 4 ; 𝑥 ; 32

Determine the value(s) of 𝑥 if the sequence is:

8.1.1 Arithmetic (2)

8.1.2 Geometric (3)

8.2 Determine the value of 𝑃 if

(4)

𝑝
𝑘

8.3 Prove that for any arithmetic sequence of which the first term 𝑎 and the constant difference
is 𝑑, the sum to 𝑛 terms can be expressed as

𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = 2 [ 2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 ] (4)

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QUESTION 9
The following sequence is a combination of an arithmetic and geometric sequence:

3 ; 3 ; 9 ; 6 ; 15 ; 12 ; …
9.1 Write down the next TWO terms. (2)

9.2 Calculate 𝑇52 − 𝑇51 . (5)

9.3 Prove that ALL the terms of this infinite sequence will be divisible by 3. (2)

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QUESTION 10
A quadratic pattern has a second term equal to 1, a third term equal to −6 and a fifth term
equal to −14.
10.1 Calculate the second difference of this quadratic pattern. (5)

10.2 Hence, or otherwise, calculate the first term of the pattern. (2)
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QUESTION 11
Given the arithmetic series: −7 − 3 + 1 + ⋯ + 173
11.1 How many terms are there in the series? (3)

11.2 Calculate the sum of the series (3)

11.3 Write the series in sigma notation. (3)

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QUESTION 12

12.1 Consider the geometric sequence: 4 ; −2 ; 1 ; …

12.1.1 Determine the next term of the sequence. (2)

12.1.2 Determine 𝑛 if the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term is . (4)

12.1.3 Calculate the sum to infinity of the series 4 − 2 + 1 … (2)

12.2 If 𝑥 is a REAL number, show that the following sequence can NOT be geometric:
1; 𝑥 + 1 ; 𝑥 − 3 ; … (4)
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QUESTION 13

13.1 3𝑥 + 1 ; 2𝑥 ; 3𝑥 − 7 are the first three terms of an arithmetic sequence. Calculate the value of
𝑥. (2)
13.2 The first and second terms of an arithmetic sequence are 10 and 6 respectively.

13.2.1 Calculate the 11𝑡ℎ term of the sequence. (2)

13.2.2 The sum of the first 𝑛 terms of this sequence is −560. Calculate 𝑛. (6)

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QUESTION 14

14.1 Given the geometric sequence: 27 ; 9 ; 3 …

14.1.1 Determine the general term of the sequence. (2)

14.1.2 Why does the sum to infinity for this sequence exist? (1)

14.1.3 Determine 𝑆∞ (2)

14.2 Twenty water tanks are decreasing in size in such a way that the value of each tank is the
volume of the previous tank. The first tank is empty, but the other 19 tanks are full.

Would it be possible for the first water tank to hold all the water from the other 19 tanks?
Motivate your answer. (4)

14.3 The general term of a sequence is given by 𝑇𝑛 = −2(𝑛 − 5)2 + 18.

14.3.1 Write down the first THREE terms of the sequence. (3)

14.3.2 Which term of the sequence will have the greatest value? (1)

14.3.3 What is the second difference of this quadratic sequence? (2)

14.3.4 Determine ALL values of 𝑛 for which the terms of the sequence will be less than
−110. (6)

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QUESTION 15

15.1 Given the geometric series:

15.1.1 Determine the value 𝑝. (3)

15.1.2 Calculate the sum of the first 8 terms of the series. (3)

15.1.3 Why does the sum to infinity for this series exist? (1)

15.1.4 Calculate S (3)

15.2 Consider the arithmetic sequence: −8; −2 ; 4 ; 10 ; …

15.2.1 Write down the next term of the sequence. (1)

15.2.2 If the 𝑛𝑡ℎterm of the sequence is 148. Determine the value of 𝑛. (3)

15.2.3 Calculate the smallest value of 𝑛 for which the sum of the first 𝑛 terms of the
sequence will be greater than 10 140. (5)

15.3 Calculate

(3)

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QUESTION 16

Consider the sequence: 3; 9 ; 27 ; …

Jacob says that the fourth term of the sequence is 81.

Vusi disagrees and says that the fourth term of the sequence is 57.

16.1 Explain why Jacob and Vusi could both be correct. (2)
16.2 Jacob and Vusi continue with their number patterns.
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Determine a formula for the general term of:

16.2.1 Jacob’s sequence (2)
16.2.2 Vusi’s sequence (4)

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QUESTION 17

17.1 Given the geometric sequence: 7; 𝑥 ; 63 ; …

Determine the possible values of 𝑥. (3)
17.2 The first term of a geometric sequence is 15. If the second term is 10, calculate:
17.2.1 𝑇10 (3)
17.2.2 𝑆9 (2)

17.3 Given: 0 ; − ; 0 ; ; 0; ; 0; ; 0 ; ; 0 ; …
Assume that this number pattern continues consistently.

17.3.1 Write down the value of the 191st term of this sequence.
(2)

17.3.2 Determine the sum of the first 500 terms of this sequence. (4)

17.4 Given:

𝑘
𝑘=2

17.4.1 Calculate the first term pf this series if 𝑥 (2)

17.4.2 For which values of 𝑥 will 𝑘 exist? (3)
𝑘=2
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GRAND TOTAL [200]