Edexcel C1 2010 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

  1. A sequence of positive numbers is defined by
$$\begin{aligned} a _ { n + 1 } & = \sqrt { } \left( a _ { n } ^ { 2 } + 3 \right) , \quad n \geqslant 1 ,
a _ { 1 } & = 2 \end{aligned}$$
  1. Find \(a _ { 2 }\) and \(a _ { 3 }\), leaving your answers in surd form.
  2. Show that \(a _ { 5 } = 4\)