Thursday 7 December 2017

Prove by induction that $sum_{i=0}^n left(frac 3 2 right)^i = 2left(frac 3 2 right)^{n+1} -2$


Prove, disprove, or give a counterexample:



$$\sum_{i=0}^n \left(\frac 3 2 \right)^i = 2\left(\frac 3 2 \right)^{n+1} -2.$$





I went about this as a proof by induction. I did the base case and got the LHS = RHS. When I went to show $P(k) \implies P(k+1)$ I could not get the LHS to equal the RHS. Is this because it isn't a proof by induction? Or, that it cannot be proved?



Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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