OCR MEI FP1 2009 January — Question 7

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

7 Prove by induction that \(12 + 36 + 108 + \ldots + 4 \times 3 ^ { n } = 6 \left( 3 ^ { n } - 1 \right)\) for all positive integers \(n\).