OCR FP1 2008 June — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2008
SessionJune
TopicSequences and series, recurrence and convergence

3
  1. Show that \(\frac { 1 } { r ! } - \frac { 1 } { ( r + 1 ) ! } = \frac { r } { ( r + 1 ) ! }\).
  2. Hence find an expression, in terms of \(n\), for $$\frac { 1 } { 2 ! } + \frac { 2 } { 3 ! } + \frac { 3 } { 4 ! } + \ldots + \frac { n } { ( n + 1 ) ! }$$