OCR FP1 2012 January — Question 7

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2012
SessionJanuary
TopicProof by induction

7 The matrix \(\mathbf { M }\) is given by \(\mathbf { M } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 3 & 0
2 & 1 \end{array} \right)\).
  1. Show that \(\mathbf { M } ^ { 4 } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 81 & 0
    80 & 1 \end{array} \right)\).
  2. Hence suggest a suitable form for the matrix \(\mathbf { M } ^ { n }\), where \(n\) is a positive integer.
  3. Use induction to prove that your answer to part (ii) is correct.