Question 1 Foundation
Find the 20th term of the sequence
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Arithmetic with and , so and .
Original questions written at exam standard. Work each one before you open the solution.
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Arithmetic with and , so and .
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Geometric with and : .
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, then .
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The terms halve each time and shrink towards zero. A geometric sequence converges to 0 whenever .
Answer. No — it oscillates between and .
The terms never settle towards a single value, so no limit exists. Note that it IS bounded, which shows bounded does not imply convergent.
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Divide top and bottom by : . Equal degrees give the ratio of leading coefficients.