Edexcel P2 2023 January — Question 10

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleP2 (Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2023
SessionJanuary
TopicProof by induction

  1. A student was asked to prove by exhaustion that
    if \(n\) is an integer then \(2 n ^ { 2 } + n + 1\) is not divisible by 3
The start of the student's proof is shown in the box below. Consider the case when \(n = 3 k\) $$2 n ^ { 2 } + n + 1 = 18 k ^ { 2 } + 3 k + 1 = 3 \left( 6 k ^ { 2 } + k \right) + 1$$ which is not divisible by 3 Complete this proof.