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9758/2020/P1/Q08
(a) The 1 st term of an arithmetic series is 4 and the 5 th term is 10.
(i) Find the 30 th term of this series.
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(ii) Find the sum of the 21 st term to the 50 th term inclusive of this series.
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(b) The 1st term of a geometric series is 4 and the 5 th term is $1.6384$ where the common ratio is positive.
(i) Find the sum to infinity of this series.
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(ii) Given that the sum of the first $n$ terms is greater than $19.6$, show that
$$
0.8^{n}<0.02 \text {. }
$$
Hence find the smallest possible value of $n$.
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