UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAMAICA

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 1 MAT 1032

SEQUENCE and SERIES TUTORIAL SHEET# 7

1. Determine the first FIVE term of the following sequences:

a) Tn  (2) n 2n  5
b) a n 
n( n  1)

2. Determine the general term for each of the following sequences:

1 2 3 4 5
a) 1, 4, 9, 16, ... b) , , , , ,... c) 3, 6,
2 3 4 5 6
9, ...

3. Evaluate:
5
n2 1 3
2n  1 3
2
j

a)  b) 
n  1 n  2
c)   
n 1 n  6 j   2 5 

4. For each of the following arithmetic series, find the values of d , Tn and Sn indicated:

a) 1  4  7   ( T19 , S10 )

b) 8  6  4   ( T12 , S20 )

c) 2  1  4  7   ( T15 , S 24 )

5. The 10th and 15th term of an A.P are 31 and 46 respectively. Find the first term and
common difference.

6. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 7 and the 100th term is 502. Find S 50 .

7. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 10 and the fifth term is 2 more than two times
the first term. Determine the 27th term.

8. For each of the following geometric series, find the values of d , Tn and Sn indicated:

a) 2  12  72     ( T11 , S7 )

b) 1.4  0.7  0.35    ( T12 , S20 )

9. Deduce the number of terms in the following geometric sequence 3, 6, 12, 24... 1536.

10. Find the sum to infinity of the following geometric series.

4 4 4
a) 4   2  3   b) 2  1  0.5  0.25  
3 3 3

5 5
a) 5   ... d) 3 + 1.5 + 0.75 + …
4 16

11. Express the following recurring decimals as fractions:

a) 0.353535353 b) 2.23232323… c) 0.63636363…

12. Evaluate:

a) 2! b) 3! (4!+5!) c) 5 C 2

13. Determine the binomial expansion of:

a) (3  2 x) 4
5

b)  2  
3
 2 x

c)  2s 2
 3y
3