Edexcel CP AS 2024 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleCP AS (Core Pure AS)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicProof by induction

  1. (i) Prove by induction that, for all positive integers \(n\),
$$\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { 1 } { r ( r + 1 ) } = \frac { n } { n + 1 }$$ (ii) Prove by induction that, for all positive integers \(n\), $$f ( n ) = 3 ^ { 2 n + 4 } - 2 ^ { 2 n }$$ is divisible by 5