Edexcel P2 2024 January — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleP2 (Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2024
SessionJanuary
TopicSequences and Series

    1. Find the value of
$$\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { \infty } 6 \times ( 0.25 ) ^ { r }$$ (3)
(ii) A sequence \(u _ { 1 } , u _ { 2 } , u _ { 3 } , \ldots\) is defined by $$\begin{aligned} u _ { 1 } & = 3
u _ { n + 1 } & = \frac { u _ { n } - 3 } { u _ { n } - 2 } \quad n \in \mathbb { N } \end{aligned}$$
  1. Show that this sequence is periodic.
  2. State the order of this sequence.
  3. Hence find $$\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { 70 } u _ { n }$$