Edexcel C12 2018 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC12 (Core Mathematics 1 & 2)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

7. A sequence is defined by $$\begin{aligned} u _ { 1 } & = 3
u _ { n + 1 } & = u _ { n } - 5 , \quad n \geqslant 1 \end{aligned}$$ Find the values of
  1. \(u _ { 2 } , u _ { 3 }\) and \(u _ { 4 }\)
  2. \(u _ { 100 }\)
  3. \(\sum _ { i = 1 } ^ { 100 } u _ { i }\)