C1 June 2014 (R) Q10

EdexcelOld spec8 marksSequences & Series

10. Xin has been given a 14 day training schedule by her coach.

Xin will run for \(A\) minutes on day 1, where \(A\) is a constant.

She will then increase her running time by \((d + 1)\) minutes each day, where \(d\) is a constant.

(a) Show that on day 14, Xin will run for\[(A + 13d + 13)\text{ minutes.}\] (2)

Yi has also been given a 14 day training schedule by her coach.

Yi will run for \((A - 13)\) minutes on day 1.

She will then increase her running time by \((2d - 1)\) minutes each day.

Given that Yi and Xin will run for the same length of time on day 14,

(b) find the value of \(d\). (3)

Given that Xin runs for a total time of 784 minutes over the 14 days,

(c) find the value of \(A\). (3)