Question A farmer has a pay scheme to keep fruit pickers working throughout the 30 day season. He pays £a for their first day, £(a + d ) for their second day, £(a + 2d ) for their third day, and so on, thus increasing the daily payment by £d for each extra day they work. A picker […]
Question A sequence of positive numbers is defined by , a) Find and , leaving your answers in surd form. b) Show that . Solution a) We are given that sequence is defined by , We are required to find and . We can utilize the given expression for general terms beyond first term as; Similarly; b) […]
Question Jill gave money to a charity over a 20-year period, from Year 1 to Year 20 inclusive. She gave £150 in Year 1, £160 in Year 2, £170 in Year 3, and so on, so that the amounts of money she gave each year formed an arithmetic sequence. a. Find the amount of money she gave […]