Edexcel C1 — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
TopicIndices and Surds

  1. Evaluate \(49 ^ { \frac { 1 } { 2 } } + 8 ^ { \frac { 2 } { 3 } }\).
  2. A sequence is defined by the recurrence relation
$$u _ { n + 1 } = \frac { u _ { n } + 1 } { 3 } , \quad n = 1,2,3 , \ldots$$ Given that \(u _ { 3 } = 5\),
  1. find the value of \(u _ { 4 }\),
  2. find the value of \(u _ { 1 }\).