CAIE Further Paper 1 2024 November — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 1 (Further Paper 1)
Year2024
SessionNovember
TopicProof by induction

1 The sequence \(u _ { 1 } , u _ { 2 } , u _ { 3 } , \ldots\) is such that \(u _ { 1 } = 4\) and \(u _ { n + 1 } = 3 u _ { n } - 2\) for \(n \geqslant 1\).
Prove by induction that \(u _ { n } = 3 ^ { n } + 1\) for all positive integers \(n\).