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CIE 9709 2025 Nov Paper 11 Q9

A Level / CIE / P1

CIE 9709 2025 Nov Paper 11 Paper · Question 9

题目

Problem

An arithmetic progression has first term 2 and common difference dd. The sum of the first nn terms is denoted by SnS_n.

(a) It is given that (S2−1)(S_2-1), S4S_4, S9S_9 are the first three terms of a second arithmetic progression.

Find the value of dd.

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(b) Hence find the difference between the values of the 15th terms of the two arithmetic progressions.

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题目中文翻译

一个等差数列的首项为 2,公差为 dd。前 nn 项和记为 SnS_n。

(a) 已知 (S2−1)(S_2-1)、S4S_4、S9S_9 是第二个等差数列的前三项。

求 dd 的值。

(b) 由此,求两个等差数列第 15 项的值之差。

解答

(a)

解法一

思路

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先用第一个数列的求和公式写出三项。它们又组成等差数列,所以两端项之和等于中项的两倍。

答题过程

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For the first progression, Sn=n2(4+(n−1)d)S_n=\frac n2(4+(n-1)d). Therefore

S2−1=3+d,S4=8+6d,S9=18+36d.S_2-1=3+d,\qquad S_4=8+6d,\qquad S_9=18+36d.

Using the arithmetic condition for these three terms,

(3+d)+(18+36d)=2(8+6d)⟹25d=−5.(3+d)+(18+36d)=2(8+6d) \quad\Longrightarrow\quad 25d=-5.

Hence d=−15d=-\frac15.

(b)

解法一

思路

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分别求两个数列的第 1515 项。第二个数列的首项和公差可由 (a) 中的前两项得到。

答题过程

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The 15th term of the first progression is 2+14(−15)=−452+14(-\frac15)=-\frac45. For the second progression, the first two terms are 3−15=1453-\frac15=\frac{14}5 and 8−65=3458-\frac65=\frac{34}5, so its common difference is 44. Its 15th term is 145+14(4)=2945\frac{14}5+14(4)=\frac{294}5. The difference is

2945−(−45)=2985=59.6.\frac{294}5-\Big(-\frac45\Big)=\frac{298}5=59.6.