Edexcel F1 2022 June — Question 9

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicProof by induction

  1. (i) A sequence of numbers is defined by
$$\begin{gathered} u _ { 1 } = 3
u _ { n + 1 } = 2 u _ { n } - 2 ^ { n + 1 } \quad n \geqslant 1 \end{gathered}$$ Prove by induction that, for \(n \in \mathbb { N }\) $$u _ { n } = 5 \times 2 ^ { n - 1 } - n \times 2 ^ { n }$$ (ii) Prove by induction that, for \(n \in \mathbb { N }\) $$f ( n ) = 5 ^ { n + 2 } - 4 n - 9$$ is divisible by 16