A trader bought 100 oranges at 5 for N1.20, 20 oranges got spoilt and the remaining were sold at 4 for N1.50. Find the percentage gain or loss.
The first term of a geometric progression is twice its common ratio. Find the sum of the first two terms of the G.P if its sum to infinity is 8.
If the population of a town was 240,000 in January 1998 and it increased by 2% each year, what would be the population of the town in January, 2000?
Evaluate \(\frac{(2.813 \times 10^{-3} \times 1.063)}{(5.637 \times 10^{-2})}\) reducing each number to two significant figures and leaving your answer in two significant figures.
Evaluate (\(\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{8} - \frac{1}{16} + ...) -1\)
