Edexcel F1 2018 January — Question 8

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2018
SessionJanuary
TopicProof by induction

8. (i) A sequence of numbers is defined by $$\begin{aligned} u _ { 1 } & = 3
u _ { n + 1 } & = u _ { n } + 3 n - 2 \quad n \geqslant 1 \end{aligned}$$ Prove by induction that, for all positive integers \(n\), $$u _ { n } = \frac { 3 } { 2 } n ^ { 2 } - \frac { 7 } { 2 } n + 5$$ (ii) Prove by induction that, for all positive integers \(n\), $$f ( n ) = 3 ^ { 2 n + 3 } + 40 n - 27 \text { is divisible by } 64$$
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