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(a) Consider the set of numbers a, 2a, 3a, ..., na where a and n are positive integers.
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(i) Show that the expression for the mean of this set is 2 .
(ii) Let a = 4. Find the minimum value of n for which the sum of these numbers
exceeds its mean by more than 100.
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(b) Consider now the set of numbers x1, ... , xm, y1, ... , y1, ... , yn where xi = 0 for i = 1, ... , m
and yi = 1 for i = 1, ... , n.
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(i) Show that the mean M of this set is given by m n and the standard deviation
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An arithmetic sequence has first term a and common difference d, d 0.
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The 3 , 4 and 7 terms of the arithmetic sequence are the first three terms of a geometric
sequence.
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(a) Show that a = 2 .
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(b) Show that the 4 term of the geometric sequence is the 16 term of the arithmetic
sequence.
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(Total 8 marks)
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In the arithmetic series with n term un, it is given that u4 = 7 and u9 = 22.
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(a) Consider the following sequence of equations.
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1 2 = 3 (1 2 3),
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1 2 + 2 3 = 3 (2 3 4),
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1 2 + 2 3 + 3 4 = 3 (3 4 5),
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(i) Formulate a conjecture for the n equation in the sequence.
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The quadratic function f(x) = p + qx x has a maximum value of 5 when x = 3.
(b) The graph of f(x) is translated 3 units in the positive direction parallel to the x-axis.
Determine the equation of the new graph.
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(Total 6 marks)
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Consider the function g, where g(x) = 5 x .
(a) Given that the domain of g is x a, find the least value of a such that g has an inverse
function.
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(ii) the corresponding inverse, g .
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(c) Find an expression for g (x).
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(Total 8 marks)