Exercise 5H

1 a i The sequence is increasing. 2 e i un + 1 = un − 5

u1 = 20
b i The sequence is decreasing. u2 = 20 − 5 = 15
u3 = 15 − 5 = 10
c i The sequence is increasing. u4 = 10 − 5 = 5
u5 = 5 − 5 = 0
d i The sequence is periodic.
ii The sequence is decreasing.
ii Order 2
f i un + 1 = 5 − un
2 a i un = 20 − 3n u1 = 20
u1 = 20 − 3(1) = 17 u2 = 5 − 20 = −15
u2 = 20 − 3(2) = 14 u3 = 5 + 15 = 20
u3 = 20 − 3(3) = 11 u4 = 5 − 20 = −15
u4 = 20 − 3(4) = 8 u5 = 5 − 5 = 20
u5 = 20 − 3(5) = 5
ii The sequence is periodic.
ii The sequence is decreasing.
iii Order 2
b i un = 2n − 1
u1 = 21 − 1 = 1 2
g i un +1 = un
u2 = 22 − 1 = 2 3
u3 = 23 − 1 = 4 u1 = k
u4 = 24 − 1 = 8 2k
u5 = 25 − 1 = 16 u2 =
3
2  2k  4k
ii The sequence is increasing. =u3 =  
3 3  9
c i un = cos(180n°) 2  4k  8k
=u4 =  
u1 = cos(180(1)°) = −1 3 9  27
u2 = cos(180(2)°) = 1
2  8k  16k
u3 = cos(180(3)°) = −1 =u5 =  
u4 = cos(180(4)°) = 1 3  27  81
u5 = cos(180(5)°) = −1
g ii The sequence is dependent on the value
ii The sequence is periodic. of k.

iii Order 2 3 un +1 = kun

u1 = 5
d i un = (−1)n
u2 = 5k
u1 = (−1)1 = −1
u2 = (−1)2 = 1 u3 = 5k 2
u3 = (−1)3 = −1 If k 1 the sequence is increasing.
u4 = (−1)4 = 1 If k 0 the sequence is periodic.
u5 = (−1)5 = −1 If 0 < k < 1 the sequence is decreasing.
ii The sequence is periodic.

iii Order 2

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4 u=
n +1 pun + 10
u1 = 5 1 + un +1
un + 2 =
un
u=2 5 p + 10
u1 = a
u3= p (5 p + 10) + 10
As the sequence is periodic with order 2, u2 = b
p (5 p + 10) + 10 = 5 1+ b
u3 =
5 p 2 + 10 p + 5 = 0 a
2 1+ b
p + 2 p +1 = 0 1+
a a + b +1
2
(p + 1) = 0 =u4 =
p = −1 b ab
a + b +1
1+
ab ab + a + b + 1
5=
a an cos(90n°) =u5 =
1+ b b(1 + b)
= a1 cos(90(1)
= °) 0
a
a2 =cos(90(2)°) =−1 a (b + 1) + b + 1 a + 1
= =
=a3 cos(90(3)
= °) 0 b(1 + b) b
=a4 cos(90(4)
= °) 1 a +1
1+
=a5 cos(90(5)
= °) 0 u6 = b = a + b + 1 × ab = a
a6 =cos(90(6)°) =−1 a + b +1 b a + b +1
ab
Order 4
1+ a b
u7 = = (1 + a ) × =b
444 a +1 a +1
b ∑=
a
r =1
r 111(0 − 1 + 0 +=
1) 0 b
Therefore, the sequence is periodic and
order 5

Challenge
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