WJEC Further Unit 1 2023 June — Question 10

Exam BoardWJEC
ModuleFurther Unit 1 (Further Unit 1)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicSequences and series, recurrence and convergence

10. Gareth is investigating a series involving cube numbers. His series is $$1 ^ { 3 } - 2 ^ { 3 } + 3 ^ { 3 } - 4 ^ { 3 } + 5 ^ { 3 } - 6 ^ { 3 } + 7 ^ { 3 } - \ldots$$ Gareth continues his series and ends with an odd number.
Find and simplify an expression for the sum of Gareth's series in terms of \(k\), where \(k\) is the number of odd numbers in his series.