Edexcel F1 2024 January — Question 10

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2024
SessionJanuary
TopicProof by induction

  1. (i) Prove by induction that for \(n \in \mathbb { Z } ^ { + }\)
$$\left( \begin{array} { r r } 5 & - 1
4 & 1 \end{array} \right) ^ { n } = 3 ^ { n - 1 } \left( \begin{array} { c c } 2 n + 3 & - n
4 n & 3 - 2 n \end{array} \right)$$ (ii) Prove by induction that for \(n \in \mathbb { Z } ^ { + }\) $$f ( n ) = 8 ^ { 2 n + 1 } + 6 ^ { 2 n - 1 }$$ is divisible by 7