CAIRO UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE Due Date: 25/3/2023

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

SE103 - Assignment (3)

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Use mathematical induction to prove/disprove the following assertion for all
positive integer n.

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1) 4 + 42 + 43 + … … … . + 4𝑛 = (4𝑛 − 1)
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1 𝑛
2) ∑𝑛𝑟=1 (2𝑟−1)(2𝑟+1) = 2𝑛+1
3) Use the properties of the determinants to prove that
𝑎−𝑏 𝑎+𝑏 𝑎
|𝑏 − 𝑎 𝑏+𝑎 𝑏| = 0.
𝑐−𝑏 𝑐+𝑏 𝑐

2 𝑥 0
4) Find the value of 𝑥 which satisfies | 2 −1 2 | = 0.
−2 𝑥 5
5) Solve the following systems of linear equations using Cramer’s method:
𝑥+𝑧 =6
−3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 7
2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 15
6) Solve the following systems of linear equations using Cramer’s method:
𝑥+𝑦+𝑧 =6
2𝑦 + 5𝑧 = −4
2𝑥 + 5𝑦 − 𝑧 = 27