OCR MEI FP1 2015 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicProof by induction

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  1. Show that \(\sum _ { \mathrm { r } = 1 } ^ { \mathrm { n } } ( 2 \mathrm { r } - 1 ) = \mathrm { n } ^ { 2 }\).
  2. Show that \(\frac { \sum _ { \mathrm { r } = 1 } ^ { \mathrm { n } } ( 2 \mathrm { r } - 1 ) } { \sum _ { \mathrm { r } = \mathrm { n } + 1 } ^ { 2 \mathrm { n } } ( 2 \mathrm { r } - 1 ) } = \mathrm { k }\), where \(k\) is a constant to be determined.