Edexcel Paper 2 2024 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePaper 2 (Paper 2)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

  1. A sequence \(u _ { 1 } , u _ { 2 } , u _ { 3 } , \ldots\) is defined by
$$\begin{aligned} u _ { n + 1 } & = k u _ { n } - 5
u _ { 1 } & = 6 \end{aligned}$$ where \(k\) is a positive constant.
Given that \(u _ { 3 } = - 1\)
  1. show that $$6 k ^ { 2 } - 5 k - 4 = 0$$
  2. Hence
    1. find the value of \(k\),
    2. find the value of \(\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { 3 } u _ { r }\)