CAIE FP1 2015 June — Question 3

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

3 Prove by mathematical induction that, for all positive integers \(n , \sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { 1 } { ( 2 r ) ^ { 2 } - 1 } = \frac { n } { 2 n + 1 }\). State the value of \(\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { \infty } \frac { 1 } { ( 2 r ) ^ { 2 } - 1 }\).