Question 1
Paper 1Easy5 marksA neighbourhood repair fund plans to increase its annual contribution by the same amount each year. Figure 1 shows the planned contributions for the first three years.
The planned contributions form an arithmetic sequence.
(a)[2]
Write down the first term and the common difference of the sequence.
(b)[1]
Find the planned contribution for year 8.
(c)[2]
Calculate the total planned contributions for the first eight years.