CAIE Further Paper 1 2023 November — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 1 (Further Paper 1)
Year2023
SessionNovember
TopicProof by induction

2 Prove by mathematical induction that, for all positive integers \(n\), $$1 + 2 x + 3 x ^ { 2 } + \ldots + n x ^ { n - 1 } = \frac { 1 - ( n + 1 ) x ^ { n } + n x ^ { n + 1 } } { ( 1 - x ) ^ { 2 } }$$