Free account: track your progress — Sign up free

Post-UTME Mathematics 2018 Objective — Question 3

Question 3 of 20 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) Mathematics 2018 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

Advertisement

The sum of the first terms of the series 1/7 + 2/7 + 4/7 + ..... is

  • A. 128/7
  • B. 127/7Correct
  • C. 128/14
  • D. 127/21

Explanation

This is the sum of the finite geometric series (numerators 1,2,4,...,64) over 7 for 7 terms: (2^7-1)/7 = 127/7.

Advertisement

Sign up free to unlock

  • Score tracking
  • Practice history
  • Saved questions
  • Progress dashboard
  • Personalized sessions
  • Weak-topic breakdown

…and/or go further with premium services and No Ads.