OCR MEI FP1 2011 January — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2011
SessionJanuary
TopicProof by induction

6 A sequence is defined by \(u _ { 1 } = 5\) and \(u _ { n + 1 } = u _ { n } + 2 ^ { n + 1 }\). Prove by induction that \(u _ { n } = 2 ^ { n + 1 } + 1\).