题目
Problem
(a) The first, second and third terms of an arithmetic progression are , and respectively, where is a non-zero constant.
(i) Find the value of .
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(ii) Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the progression.
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(b) The fourth and sixth terms of a geometric progression are 36 and 6 respectively. The common ratio of the progression is positive.
Find the sum to infinity of the progression. Give your answer in the form , where , and are integers.
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题目中文翻译
(a) 一个等差数列的第一项、第二项和第三项分别为 、 和 ,其中 是非零常数。
(i) 求 的值。
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(ii) 求该数列前 20 项的和。
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(b) 一个等比数列的第 4 项和第 6 项分别为 36 和 6。该数列的公比为正。
求该数列的无穷和。答案写成 的形式,其中 、、 为整数。
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