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Assignment # 9 Induction 12 May 2020

The document is a math assignment on mathematical induction that contains 14 problems for students to solve using induction. It provides instructions that the assignment must be submitted on Moodle by the due date and time listed. It then lists out the 14 problems involving using induction to prove statements about sums, inequalities, divisibility, and formulas. The problems range from proving formulas for sums, to proving statements about factorials and integers are divisible by certain numbers.

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Assignment # 9 Induction 12 May 2020

The document is a math assignment on mathematical induction that contains 14 problems for students to solve using induction. It provides instructions that the assignment must be submitted on Moodle by the due date and time listed. It then lists out the 14 problems involving using induction to prove statements about sums, inequalities, divisibility, and formulas. The problems range from proving formulas for sums, to proving statements about factorials and integers are divisible by certain numbers.

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Assignment # 9                                                                      Student Name:________________ 

                                                                                                  Student ID: ___________________ 
NOTE:  You have to submit your hand written assignment on Moodle (Soft Copy/Picture) before Tuesday’s
lecture (May 19, 2020). Hard copies will be collected later on, when the University will open. Assignments
submitted after due date and time will not be entertained. 

Show that if n is a positive integer, then 

1
1 2 ⋯  
2

Conjecture a formula for the sum of the first n positive odd integers. Then prove your conjecture using 
mathematical induction. 

Use mathematical induction to show that 

1 2 2 ⋯ 2 2 1 

for all nonnegative integers n. 

Use mathematical induction to prove the inequality 

2  

for all positive integers n. 

Use mathematical induction to prove that 2 ! for every integer n with n ≥ 4. (Note that this inequality is false 
for n = 1, 2, and 3.) 

Use mathematical induction to prove that   is divisible by 3 whenever n is a positive integer. 

Use mathematical induction to prove that  7 8   is divisible by 57 for every nonnegative integer n. 

   
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Discrete Structures     Topic: Mathematical Induction 
Assignment # 9                                                                      Student Name:________________ 
                                                                                                  Student ID: ___________________ 
Let P(n) be the statement that  

1 2 1
1 2 ⋯  
6

for the positive integer n. 

a) What is the statement P(1)? 

b) Show that P(1) is true, completing the basis step of the proof. 

c) What is the inductive hypothesis? 

d) What do you need to prove in the inductive step? 

e) Complete the inductive step, identifying where you use the inductive hypothesis. 

Let P(n) be the statement that 

1
1 2 ⋯  
2

 for the positive integer n. 

a) What is the statement P(1)? 

b) Show that P(1) is true, completing the basis step of the proof. 

c) What is the inductive hypothesis? 

d) What do you need to prove in the inductive step? 

e) Complete the inductive step, identifying where you use the inductive hypothesis. 

Find a formula for the sum of the first n even positive integers; prove the formula that you conjectured. 

Prove that 1 1! 2 2! ! 1 ! – 1  whenever n is a positive integer. 
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Discrete Structures     Topic: Mathematical Induction 
Assignment # 9                                                                      Student Name:________________ 
                                                                                                  Student ID: ___________________ 
Prove that for every positive integer n, 

1 2 2 3 1 1 2 /3

Prove that 3 !  if n is an integer greater than 6. 

Prove that 2   if n is an integer greater than 4. 

For which nonnegative integers n is  ! ? Prove your answer. 

Prove that 2 divides    whenever n is a positive integer. 

Prove that 3 divides  2   whenever n is a positive integer. 

Prove that 5 divides    whenever n is a nonnegative integer. 

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Discrete Structures     Topic: Mathematical Induction 

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