Edexcel F2 2021 January — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2021
SessionJanuary
TopicSequences and series, recurrence and convergence

2. (a) Show that, for \(r > 0\) $$\frac { r + 2 } { r ( r + 1 ) } - \frac { r + 3 } { ( r + 1 ) ( r + 2 ) } = \frac { r + 4 } { r ( r + 1 ) ( r + 2 ) }$$ (b) Hence show that $$\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { r + 4 } { r ( r + 1 ) ( r + 2 ) } = \frac { n ( a n + b ) } { c ( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) }$$ where \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) are integers to be determined.