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FP1 Revision Worksheet

This document contains 11 math problems involving standard results, complex numbers, sequences, roots of polynomials, and proofs by induction. The problems cover topics like finding parts of complex numbers, expressing complex numbers in standard form, solving polynomial equations, finding closed forms for sequences, relating the roots of polynomials, and proving identities using induction.

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FP1 Revision Worksheet

This document contains 11 math problems involving standard results, complex numbers, sequences, roots of polynomials, and proofs by induction. The problems cover topics like finding parts of complex numbers, expressing complex numbers in standard form, solving polynomial equations, finding closed forms for sequences, relating the roots of polynomials, and proving identities using induction.

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FP1 Worksheet

Standard results:
X X n(n + 1) X n(n + 1)(2n + 1) X n2 (n + 1)2
1 = n, r= , r2 = , r3 = .
2 6 4

Complex Numbers
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1. Find in the form a + ib, where a and b are constants to be found.
5 + 2i

2. Express (2 − 3i)4 in the form a + ib.

3. Find the square roots of 8 − 6i.

4. We define f (x) = z 3 − 4z 2 + 14z − 20.

(a) By considering f (various values) find a factor of f (x). Hence factorise f (x) into a
linear term and a quadratic term.
(b) Hence solve z 3 − 4z 2 + 14z − 20 = 0, simplifying all three of your answers.

Summing Sequences

5. Find a closed form for the sum

(1 × 3) + (2 × 4) + (3 × 5) + · · · + (n × (n + 2)),

factorising your answer fully.

Roots of Polynomials

6. The roots of the equation 2z 2 + 3z + 5 = 0 are α and β.

(a) Find the values of α + β and αβ.


(b) Find an equation with roots 2α and 2β.
(c) Find an equation with roots α + 1 and β + 1.

7. The roots of the equation z 2 − 4z − 2 = 0 are α and β. Find a quadratic equation with
roots α2 and β 2 .

8. The roots of the cubic equation 2z 3 + 5x2 − 3z − 2 = 0 are α, β and γ. Find a cubic
equation with roots 2α + 1, 2β + 1 and 2γ + 1.

1 J.M.Stone
Induction

9. Prove by induction (for n > 1) the result


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(1 × 2 × 3) + (2 × 3 × 4) + (3 × 4 × 5) + · · ·+ (n × (n + 1) × (n + 2)) = n(n + 1)(n + 2)(n + 3).
4

10. Prove by induction (for n > 2) the result


     
1 1 1 1 n+1
1− 2 1− 2 1 − 2 ... 1 − 2 = .
2 3 4 n 2n

11. A sequence is defined by a1 = 7 and ak+1 = 7ak − 3. Prove by induction that

13 × 7n−1 + 1
an = .
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2 J.M.Stone

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