OCR FP1 2009 June — Question 10

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicProof by induction

10 The sequence \(u _ { 1 } , u _ { 2 } , u _ { 3 } , \ldots\) is defined by \(u _ { 1 } = 3\) and \(u _ { n + 1 } = 3 u _ { n } - 2\).
  1. Find \(u _ { 2 }\) and \(u _ { 3 }\) and verify that \(\frac { 1 } { 2 } \left( u _ { 4 } - 1 \right) = 27\).
  2. Hence suggest an expression for \(u _ { n }\).
  3. Use induction to prove that your answer to part (ii) is correct.