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Practice MI: (90 Marks)

The document discusses using mathematical induction to prove various mathematical identities and inequalities. It contains 9 problems involving proving identities for sums, derivatives, and inequalities using induction. The identities and functions involve trigonometric, exponential, factorial, and polynomial terms.

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Practice MI: (90 Marks)

The document discusses using mathematical induction to prove various mathematical identities and inequalities. It contains 9 problems involving proving identities for sums, derivatives, and inequalities using induction. The identities and functions involve trigonometric, exponential, factorial, and polynomial terms.

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Practice MI [90 marks]

1. It is given that 2 cos A sin B ≡ sin(A + B)− sin(A − B). (Do not [8 marks]
prove this identity.)
Using mathematical induction and the above identity, prove that
n
Σ sin2nθ
r=1 cos(2r − 1)θ = 2sin θ
for n ∈ Z+ .

Let f(x)= √1 + x for x > −1.

2a. Show that f 1 [3 marks]


''(x)= − .
4√ ( 1+x ) 3

2b. Use mathematical induction to prove that [9 marks]


1
1 n−1 ( 2n−3 ) ! 2 −n
f ( n ) (x)= (− 4
) ( n−2 ) !
(1 + x) for n ∈ Z, n ≥ 2.

2c. Let g(x)= emx , m ∈ Q. [8 marks]


Consider the function h defined by h(x)= f(x)×g(x) for x > −1.
It is given that the x2 term in the Maclaurin series for h(x) has a coefficient of 74 .

Find the possible values of m .

= arctan(2 + 1)+ π ∈R
The following diagram shows the graph of y = arctan(2x + 1)+ π4 for x ∈ R, with
3π
asymptotes at y = − π4 and y = 4
.

3a. Describe a sequence of transformations that transforms the graph of [3 marks]


y = arctan x to the graph of y = arctan(2x + 1)+ π4 for x ∈ R.

3b.
Show that arctan
p+q
p + arctan q ≡ arctan( 1−pq ) where p, q > 0 and [4 marks]

pq < 1.

3c.
Verify that arctan (2x + 1)= arctan ( x+1
x )+ π for x ∈ R, x > 0.
4
[3 marks]

3d. Using mathematical induction and the result from part (b), prove that [9 marks]
n
Σ
r=1arctan( 12 )= n ) for n ∈ Z+ .
arctan( n+1
2r

4. Use mathematical induction to prove that dn (xepx )= pn−1 (px + n)epx [7 marks]
d xn
for n ∈ Z , p ∈ Q .
+

5. Consider the function f (x) = x e2x , where x ∈ R. The nth derivative of [7 marks]
f (x) is denoted by f (n) (x).

Prove, by mathematical induction, that f (n) (x) = (2n x + n2n−1 ) e2x , n ∈ Z+ .

6a. Solve the inequality x2 > 2x + 1. [2 marks]


6b. Use mathematical induction to prove that 2n+1 > n2 for n ∈ Z, n ⩾ 3. [7 marks]

7. n [6 marks]
∑
Use mathematical induction to prove that r=1 r (r!) = (n + 1) ! − 1, for
n ∈ Z+ .

8. Use the principle of mathematical induction to prove that [7 marks]


2 3 n−1 n+2
1 + 2 ( 12 ) + 3( 12 ) + 4( 12 ) + … + n( 12 ) = 4− 2n−1
, where n ∈ Z+ .

9. Use mathematical induction to prove that (1 − a)n > 1 − na for [7 marks]


{n : n ∈ Z+ , n ⩾ 2} where 0 < a < 1.

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