OCR MEI FP1 2011 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicSequences and series, recurrence and convergence

5 Given that \(\frac { 3 } { ( 3 r - 1 ) ( 3 r + 2 ) } \equiv \frac { 1 } { 3 r - 1 } - \frac { 1 } { 3 r + 2 }\), find \(\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { 20 } \frac { 1 } { ( 3 r - 1 ) ( 3 r + 2 ) }\), giving your answer as an exact fraction.