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A-LevelMathematicsSeriesMay/June 2019Paper 1 Q1010 Marks

(a) In an arithmetic progression, the sum of the first ten terms is equal to the sum of the next five terms. The first term is a. (b) The sum to infinity of a geometric progression is 9 times the sum of the first four terms. Given that the first term is 12, find the value of the fifth term.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Mathematics (9709) May/June 2019 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Series and is worth 10 marks.

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