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Q9. (a) (iv) Notice how the terms in this sequence( 3, 6, 9, 12,......150) are mutiples (multiplied by 3)of the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4,......, 50. So multiply your answer of the previous part ( 1275) by 3 to get the answer 3825.Abid357 said:http://www.xtremepapers.me/CIE/index.php?dir=Cambridge%20IGCSE/0581%20-%20Mathematics%20Extended/&file=0581_w10_qp_41.pdf
Qns. 9 (a) (iv) to (vi) and also (b) (iii)... seems like I'm not getting the question :/
Read the question very carefully again! If still stuck, I'll help.Abid357 said:Thanks a lot abcde
Ehhem.. sequences aren't 'that' easy sometimes for me :/. I'm still confused with the part (a) (vi)...
In (v), we found the sum of all the numbers up to 150. Agreed? In part (iv), we found the sum of multiples of 3 up to 150. Right, na? So when they ask us to find the sum of the numbers less than 150 which are not multiples of 3, we simply subtract (iv) from (v). Come on, this makes sense Abid, no?Abid357 said:Nope, still not getting the question completely. Why are we finding the difference between the two numbers here?
Ooooo I get it now ! After breaking my head for 15 minutes, phew... thanks so much pal, sorry to bother youabcde said:In (v), we found the sum of all the numbers up to 150. Agreed? In part (iv), we found the sum of multiples of 3 up to 150. Right, na? So when they ask us to find the sum of the numbers less than 150 which are not multiples of 3, we simply subtract (iv) from (v). Come on, this makes sense Abid, no?
I hope it does. Do lemme know please.
Thanks so muchabcde said:Yes, you did it! You didn't bother me. I was and will be glad to help.
Many thanks for the information, nightrider95. It's true that this formula isn't usually found in our text books. I would like to explain the same thing in a different waynightrider95 said:There is an easy way to find the formula for the second difference. Perhaps what I am going to tell you isn't mention anywhere in the textbooks so note it down and keep it safe for future generations!
As for finding the formula for the sequence like this :- 2,4,7,11 etc....
It is this :- 0.5(n^2)-0.5n+1
(2nd difference of the sequence/2)x(n^2)-nth formula
First you will take (1/2)x(n^2) and then find the nth formula . For finding the nth formula first do this rough working.
The first term number is 1 and how is that? Since 2,4 has a first difference of 2 and 4,7 has a difference of 3 . The second difference of 2 and 3 is 1. That is why I took (1/2) in the formula for the second difference. If you subtract 1 from 2 , you will get the difference of 1st term and 2nd term which will give you the first term of this sequence which is 1. It is important that the first difference should be one before you start the working because these are second difference sequences. In the first difference type of sequences, they can start with any number. But in these you have to be careful! So whenever you are doing any questions of second difference , always see that any term you have has a first difference of 1!
Having explained that, I will now tell you how to find the nth formula. We know that Nth formula is An= a+(n-1)d
'a' is the first difference of the term. 'd' is the difference of the 2nd and the 1st term.
The working for this is nth term number - (2nd a/2)(nth term)^2 = whatever the answer is.
e.g 1) 1-(0.5)(1)^2 = 0.5
2) 2-(0.5)(2)^2= 0
3) 4-(0.5)(3)^2 = -1/2
d= 2nd term - 1st term or 3rd term - 2nd term
d= (0 - 0.5) = -0.5 , a= 1/2
An = a+(n-1)(d)
An= 0.5+(n-1)(-0.5)
An= 1/2+1/2 - 0.5n
An= -1/2+1
Now you have found the nth formula. Add this into the one that I found earlier.
It will be 0.5(n^2)-0.5n+1
The sequence is 1,2,4,7,11,16
Happy day everyone!
Let's call the Norths over A, B and P N1, N2 and N3, respectively.student92 said:http://www.xtremepapers.me/CIE/Cambridge%20IGCSE/0580%20-%20Mathematics/0580_s09_qp_4.pdf
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