Edexcel C1 2015 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

  1. A sequence \(U _ { 1 } , U _ { 2 } , U _ { 3 } , \ldots\) is defined by $$\begin{gathered} U _ { n + 2 } = 2 U _ { n + 1 } - U _ { n } , \quad n \geqslant 1
    U _ { 1 } = 4 \text { and } U _ { 2 } = 4 \end{gathered}$$ Find the value of
    (a) \(U _ { 3 }\)
    (b) \(\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { 20 } U _ { n }\)
  2. Another sequence \(V _ { 1 } , V _ { 2 } , V _ { 3 } , \ldots\) is defined by
    (a) Find \(V _ { 3 }\) and \(V _ { 4 }\) in terms of \(k\). $$\begin{gathered} V _ { n + 2 } = 2 V _ { n + 1 } - V _ { n } , \quad n \geqslant 1
    V _ { 1 } = k \text { and } V _ { 2 } = 2 k , \text { where } k \text { is a constant } \end{gathered}$$ a) Find \(V _ { 3 }\)