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NCERT Class 11 - Math

Parvin Sinclair, G.P. Dikshit

Chapter 4

Principle of Mathematical Induction - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

Introduction

04:41

Problem 1

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
1+3+3^{2}+\ldots+3^{n-1}=\frac{\left(3^{n}-1\right)}{2}
$$

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05:34

Problem 2

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
1^{3}+2^{3}+3^{3}+\ldots+n^{3}=\left(\frac{n(n+1)}{2}\right)^{2}
$$

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06:14

Problem 3

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
1+\frac{1}{(1+2)}+\frac{1}{(1+2+3)}+\ldots+\frac{1}{(1+2+3+\ldots n)}=\frac{2 n}{(n+1)}
$$

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05:19

Problem 4

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
1.2 .3+2.3 .4+\ldots+n(n+1)(n+2)=\frac{n(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)}{4}
$$

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06:09

Problem 5

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
1.3+2.3^{2}+3.3^{3}+\ldots+n \cdot 3^{n}=\frac{(2 n-1) 3^{n+1}+3}{4}
$$

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05:07

Problem 6

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
1.2+2.3+3.4+\ldots+n \cdot(n+1)=\left[\frac{n(n+1)(n+2)}{3}\right]
$$

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10:08

Problem 7

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
1.3+3.5+5.7+\ldots+(2 n-1)(2 n+1)=\frac{n\left(4 n^{2}+6 n-1\right)}{3}
$$

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05:13

Problem 8

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
1.2+2.2^{2}+3.2^{3}+\ldots+n .2^{n}=(n-1) 2^{n+1}+2 .
$$

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05:09

Problem 9

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{8}+\ldots+\frac{1}{2^{n}}=1-\frac{1}{2^{n}}
$$

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09:04

Problem 10

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
\frac{1}{2.5}+\frac{1}{5.8}+\frac{1}{8.11}+\ldots+\frac{1}{(3 n-1)(3 n+2)}=\frac{n}{(6 n+4)} .
$$

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10:47

Problem 11

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
\frac{1}{1.2 .3}+\frac{1}{2.3 .4}+\frac{1}{3.4 .5}+\ldots+\frac{1}{n(n+1)(n+2)}=\frac{n(n+3)}{4(n+1)(n+2)}
$$

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05:52

Problem 12

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
a+a r+a r^{2}+\ldots+a r^{n-1}=\frac{a\left(r^{n}-1\right)}{r-1} .
$$

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05:59

Problem 13

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
\left(1+\frac{3}{1}\right)\left(1+\frac{5}{4}\right)\left(1+\frac{7}{9}\right) \ldots\left(1+\frac{(2 n+1)}{n^{2}}\right)=(n+1)^{2} .
$$

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04:01

Problem 14

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
\left(1+\frac{1}{1}\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{3}\right) \ldots\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)=(n+1)
$$

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08:14

Problem 15

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
1^{2}+3^{2}+5^{2}+\ldots+(2 n-1)^{2}=\frac{n(2 n-1)(2 n+1)}{3}
$$

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07:35

Problem 16

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
\frac{1}{1.4}+\frac{1}{4.7}+\frac{1}{7.10}+\ldots+\frac{1}{(3 n-2)(3 n+1)}=\frac{n}{(3 n+1)}
$$

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07:50

Problem 17

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
\frac{1}{3.5}+\frac{1}{5.7}+\frac{1}{7.9}+\ldots+\frac{1}{(2 n+1)(2 n+3)}=\frac{n}{3(2 n+3)}
$$

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05:20

Problem 18

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
1+2+3+\ldots+n<\frac{1}{8}(2 n+1)^{2} .
$$

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06:40

Problem 19

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
n(n+1)(n+5) \text { is a multiple of } 3 .
$$

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04:18

Problem 20

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
10^{2 n-1}+1 \text { is divisible by } 11 .
$$

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04:13

Problem 21

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
x^{2 n}-y^{2 n} \text { is divisible by } x+y \text { . }
$$

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06:25

Problem 22

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
3^{2 n+2}-8 n-9 \text { is divisible by } 8 \text { . }
$$

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04:34

Problem 23

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
41^{n}-14^{n} \text { is a multiple of } 27 \text { . }
$$

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04:09

Problem 24

Prove the following by using the principle of mathematical induction for all $n \in \mathbf{N}$.
$$
(2 n+7)<(n+3)^{2}
$$

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