AQA Further Paper 1 2023 June — Question 5

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFurther Paper 1 (Further Paper 1)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicSequences and series, recurrence and convergence

5 The function f is defined by $$f ( r ) = 2 ^ { r } ( r - 2 ) \quad ( r \in \mathbb { Z } )$$ 5
  1. Show that $$\mathrm { f } ( r + 1 ) - \mathrm { f } ( r ) = r 2 ^ { r }$$ 5
  2. Use the method of differences to show that $$\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } r 2 ^ { r } = 2 ^ { n + 1 } ( n - 1 ) + 2$$