OCR MEI Further Pure Core AS 2019 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Pure Core AS (Further Pure Core AS)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicProof by induction

5 Prove by induction that, for all positive integers \(n , \sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { 1 } { 3 ^ { r } } = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \left( 1 - \frac { 1 } { 3 ^ { n } } \right)\).