Ronald is writing a novel. He began his new novel on $1$ March $2025$, writing $23$ pages on t

Question

Ronald is writing a novel. He began his new novel on $1$ March $2025$, writing $23$ pages on the first day. On each subsequent day, he writes $90\%$ of the number of pages he has written the previous day. Find the total number of pages Ronald will have written by $31$ March $2025$.[1] Sam is also writing a novel. He began writing his novel on $8$ March $2025$, writing $2$ pages on the first day. On each subsequent day, he writes $1$ more page than the day before. Find the first date on which Sam writes more pages in a day than Ronald.[2] Find the first date on which Sam’s total number of pages written exceeds Ronald’s.[2]

Accepted Answer

(a)221 (b)13th March 2025 (c)27th March 2025

2025 YIJC P1 Q2

2025 YIJC P1 Q2