CAIE FP1 2018 June — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicSequences and series, recurrence and convergence

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  1. Verify that $$\frac { n ( \mathrm { e } - 1 ) + \mathrm { e } } { n ( n + 1 ) \mathrm { e } ^ { n + 1 } } = \frac { 1 } { n \mathrm { e } ^ { n } } - \frac { 1 } { ( n + 1 ) \mathrm { e } ^ { n + 1 } }$$ Let \(S _ { N } = \sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { N } \frac { n ( \mathrm { e } - 1 ) + \mathrm { e } } { n ( n + 1 ) \mathrm { e } ^ { n + 1 } }\).
  2. Express \(S _ { N }\) in terms of \(N\) and e.
    Let \(S = \lim _ { N \rightarrow \infty } S _ { N }\).
  3. Find the least value of \(N\) such that \(( N + 1 ) \left( S - S _ { N } \right) < 10 ^ { - 3 }\).