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Date May Specimen paper Marks available 1 Reference code SPM.1.SL.TZ0.2
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Question

The Osaka Tigers basketball team play in a multilevel stadium.

The most expensive tickets are in the first row. The ticket price, in Yen (¥), for each row forms an arithmetic sequence. Prices for the first three rows are shown in the following table.

Write down the value of the common difference, d

[1]
a.

Calculate the price of a ticket in the 16th row.

[2]
b.

Find the total cost of buying 2 tickets in each of the first 16 rows.

[3]
c.

Markscheme

( d =) − 250             A1

[1 mark]

a.

( u 16 = ) 6800 + ( 16 1 ) ( 250 )           M1

(¥)3050           A1

[2 marks]

b.

( S 16 = ) ( 16 2 ) ( 2 × 6800 + ( 16 1 ) ( 250 ) ) × 2           M1M1

Note: Award M1 for correct substitution into arithmetic series formula.
Award M1 for multiplication by 2 seen.

OR

( S 16 = ) ( 16 2 ) ( 6800 + 3050 ) × 2          M1M1

Note: Award M1 for correct substitution into arithmetic series formula.
Award M1 for multiplication by 2 seen.

(¥)158 000 (157 600)          A1

[3 marks]

c.

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Syllabus sections

Topic 1—Number and algebra » SL 1.2—Arithmetic sequences and series
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