Grade 10 ADD Math

12/12/23 Review Worksheet 5: Series

1)

6
 x
(a) Find the first four terms, in ascending powers of x, in the expansion of  2 −  .
 2

6
 x
(b) Find the coefficient of x in the expansion of (1 + x )  2 −  .
3 2

 2

2)
8
 k 
(a) In the binomial expansion of  x +  , where k is a positive constant, the term
x3 
independent of x is 252. Evaluate k . [4]
4
(b) Using your value of k , find the coefficient of x in the expansion of
 x4 
8
k 
1 −   x + 3  . [3]
 4  x 
6
 x
3) Given that the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of (k + x ) 2 −  is 84, find the value of
 2
the constant k . [6]
4)
(a) Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of u , in the expansion of (2 + u ) . [2]
5

(b) By replacing u with 2 x − 5 x 2 , find the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of

(2 + 2x − 5x ) ,
2 5
[4]
5) Find the first three term in the expansion, in ascending powers of x, of (2 + x ) and hence
6

(
obtain the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of 2 + x − x 2 )
6
[4]
6)
(a) Find the first 3 terms in the expansion, in ascending powers of x, of (2 − x ) .
5

[3]
(b) Hence find the value of the constant k for which the coefficient of x in the expansion of
(k + x)(2 − x)5 is − 8. [2]
7)
18
 1 
(a) Calculate the term independent of x in the binomial expansion of  x −  . [3]
 2x 5 

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(b) In the binomial expansion of (1 + kx ) , where n  3 and k is a constant, the coefficients

n

of x 2 and x 3 are equal. Express k in terms of n. [4]

n
 x 3
8) The coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of 1 +  , where n is a positive integer, is .
 5 5
(a) Find the value of n. [4]
(b) Using this value of n, find the term independent of x in the expansion of
n 2
 x  3
1 +   2 −  . [4]
 5  x

9) The coefficient of x 3 in the expansion of (2 + ax) is 10 times the coefficient of x 2 in the

5

4
 ax 
expansion of 1 +  . Find the value of a. [4]
 3

10) The binomial expansion of (1 + px) , where n  0. in ascending powers of x is

n

1 − 12 x + 28 p 2 x 2 + qx 3 + ...Find the value of n, of p and of q. [6]

11) Given that the expansion of (a + x )(1− 2 x ) in ascending powers of x is

n

3 − 41x + bx 2 + ... find the values of the constants a, n and b. [6]

12)

(i) Find the first three terms in the expansion of (1 + ax ) in ascending powers of x.
5

(ii) Given that there is no term in x in the expansion of (1 − 2 x )(1 + ax ) , find the value of
5

the constant a.

(iii) For this value of a, find the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of (1 − 2 x )(1 + ax ) .
5

13) In an arithmetic series, the first term is –7 and the sum of the first 20 terms is 620.
(a) Find the common difference.
(b) Find the value of the 78th term.
14) In an arithmetic sequence, S 40 = 1900 and u40 = 106. Find the value of u1 and of d.

15) Jamila starts a part-time job on a salary of $9000 per year, and this increases by an annual
increment of $1000. Assuming that, apart from the increment, Jamila’s salary does not
increase, find

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(i) her salary in the 12th year
(ii) the length of time she has been working when her total earnings are $100 000.
16) A jogger is training for a 10 km charity run. He starts with a run of 400 m; then he increases
the distance he runs by 200 m each day.
(i) How many days does it take the jogger to reach a distance of 10 km in training?
(ii) What total distance will he have run in training by then?
17) The 1st, 2nd and 4th terms of an arithmetic series are 11 − x, 2 x + 1 and 3x + 1, respectively.
Calculate the value of x, and find the sum of the first 12 terms of the series.
18) The first term of a geometric sequence of positive terms is 5 and the fifth term is 1280.
(i) Find the common ratio of the sequence.
(ii) Find the eighth term of the sequence.
19) The fifth term of a geometric progression is 48 and the ninth term is 768.
All the terms are positive.
(i) Find the common ratio.
(ii) Find the first term.
(iii) Find the sum of the first ten terms.
20) The first three terms of a geometric sequence are 100, 90 and 81.
(i) Write down the common ratio of the sequence.
(ii) Which is the position of the first term in the sequence that has a value less than 1?
(iii) Find the sum to infinity of the terms of this sequence.
(iv) After how many terms is the sum of the sequence greater than 99% of the sum to
infinity?
21) 2k + 2, 5k + 1 and 10k + 2 are three successive terms of a geometric sequence. Find the

values (s ) of k .

22) The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence, a, a + d and a + 2d , are the same as the

first three terms, a, ar , ar 2 , of a geometric sequence ( a  0 ) .

Show that this is only possible if r = 1 and d = 0.

23) The first term of a geometric progression is 81 and the fourth term is 24. Find
(i) the common ratio of the progression
(ii) the sum to infinity of the progression.
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The second and third terms of this geometric progression are the first and fourth terms
respectively of an arithmetic progression.
(iii) Find the sum of the first ten terms of the arithmetic progression.

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24) The following three numbers log10 2, log10 2 x − 1 , log10 2 x + 3 , are consecutive terms in

an arithmetic progression. Determine the value of x as an exact logarithm, of base 2.

 97 
( )
25) If log 5 16, log 5 3x − 4 , log 5  3x +

 are in arithmetic progression, then solve for x.
16 

26) Find an expression for the sum of the first 35 terms of the series

x2 x2 x2
ln x 2 + ln + ln 2 + ln 3 + ...
y y y

xm
giving your answer in the form ln , where m, n N .
yn

27) The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence un  is given by the formula
Sn = 4n2 − 2n. Three terms of this sequence, u2 , um and u32 , are consecutive terms in
a geometric sequence. Find m.
2 3
 2x   2x   2x 
28) Consider the infinite geometric series 1 +   +   +   + ....
 3   3   3 

(i) For what values of x does the series converge?

(ii) Find the sum of the series if x = 1.2.

29) A pendulum is set swinging. Its first oscillation is through an angle of 30 , and each
succeeding oscillation is through 95% of the angle of the one before it.
(i) After how many swings is the angle through which it swings less than 1 ?
(ii) What is the total angle it has swung through at the end of its tenth oscillation?
30) A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the ground. It rises to a height of 10 m and then falls
2
and bounces. After each bounce it rises vertically to of the height from which it fell.
3
(i) Find the height to which the ball bounces after the nth impact with the ground.

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(ii) Find the total distance travelled by the ball from the first throw to the tenth impact with
the ground.

Answers: 1)(a) 64 − 96 x + 60 x 2 − 20 x 3 (b) 4 2) (a) k = 3 (b) − 39 3) k = 3

4) (a) 32 + 80u + 80u 2 (b) − 400 + 320 = −80 5) 48 6) (a) 32 − 80 x + 80 x 2

or 0.5 7) (a) − 102 (b) k = 3 / (n − 2)8) (a) n = 6 (b) − 5 9) a =

1
(b) k = 1
2
6
2
10) n = 8, p = −3 / 2, q = −189 11) a = 3, n = 7, b = 238 12) (i) 1 + 5ax + 10a 2 x 2 (ii) a =
5
(iii) –2.4 13) (a) d = 4 (b) 301 14) u1 = −11, d = 3 15) (i) 20 000 (ii) Jamila has earned a
total of $100 000 after eight years. 16) (i) 49 (ii) 254.8 km 17) 4, 216 18) (i) 4 (ii) 81920
2
19) (i) 2 (ii) 3 (iii) 3069 20) (i) 0.9 (ii) 45th (iii) 1000 (iv) 44 21) 3, -0.2 23) (i) (ii) 243 (iii) 270
3
x 70
24) x = log 2 5 25) x = 3 26) ln 595 27) m = 7 28)(i) −1.5  x  1.5 (ii)5 29) 68th swing is the
y
n
2
first less than 1 (ii) 241 (to nearest degree) 30)(i) Height after nth impact = 10   
3
(ii) 59.0m (to 3 s.f.)

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