CAIE FP1 2019 June — Question 8

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicProof by induction

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  1. Prove by mathematical induction that, for \(z \neq 1\) and all positive integers \(n\), $$1 + z + z ^ { 2 } + \ldots + z ^ { n - 1 } = \frac { z ^ { n } - 1 } { z - 1 }$$
  2. By letting \(z = \frac { 1 } { 2 } ( \cos \theta + \mathrm { i } \sin \theta )\), use de Moivre's theorem to deduce that $$\sum _ { m = 1 } ^ { \infty } \left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right) ^ { m } \sin m \theta = \frac { 2 \sin \theta } { 5 - 4 \cos \theta }$$