CAIE FP1 2011 June — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2011
SessionJune
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TopicSequences and series, recurrence and convergence

1 Express \(\frac { 1 } { ( 2 r + 1 ) ( 2 r + 3 ) }\) in partial fractions and hence use the method of differences to find $$\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { 1 } { ( 2 r + 1 ) ( 2 r + 3 ) }$$ Deduce the value of $$\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { \infty } \frac { 1 } { ( 2 r + 1 ) ( 2 r + 3 ) }$$

1 Express $\frac { 1 } { ( 2 r + 1 ) ( 2 r + 3 ) }$ in partial fractions and hence use the method of differences to find

$$\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } \frac { 1 } { ( 2 r + 1 ) ( 2 r + 3 ) }$$

Deduce the value of

$$\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { \infty } \frac { 1 } { ( 2 r + 1 ) ( 2 r + 3 ) }$$

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