Edexcel F1 2018 Specimen — Question 10

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

  1. (i) A sequence of positive numbers is defined by
$$\begin{aligned} u _ { 1 } & = 5
u _ { n + 1 } & = 3 u _ { n } + 2 , \quad n \geqslant 1 \end{aligned}$$ Prove by induction that, for \(n \in \mathbb { Z } ^ { + }\), $$u _ { n } = 2 \times ( 3 ) ^ { n } - 1$$ (ii) Prove by induction that, for \(n \in \mathbb { Z } ^ { + }\), $$\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { 4 r } { 3 ^ { r } } = 3 - \frac { ( 3 + 2 n ) } { 3 ^ { n } }$$
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