Edexcel FP1 2013 January — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2013
SessionJanuary
TopicSequences and Series

  1. Show, using the formulae for \(\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } r\) and \(\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } r ^ { 2 }\), that
$$\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } 3 ( 2 r - 1 ) ^ { 2 } = n ( 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n - 1 ) , \text { for all positive integers } n .$$