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Please staple your assignment together, with this cover sheet. Give full working for all answers,
unless the question says otherwise. Untidy or badly set-out work will not be marked, and will be
recorded as unsatisfactory. This assignment must be submitted before the end of your tutorial in
week 7.
Question 1.
Question 2.
Question 3.
1 1 1
=
a b a b
(b) There exists an integer such that the sum of its digits is 17.
Question 4.
Use the Generalised Principle of Mathematical Induction to prove for all natural numbers n 4
n!> 2 n
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Question 5.
Let p1, p2, p3, ... , pn be the first n prime numbers. That is, p1= 2, p2= 3, p3= 5, and so on, and
(i) Let m = p2p3...pn. Prove that m is odd and deduce that m + 1 is not prime. [HINT: one way to get
started is to prove that a product of two odd numbers is odd.]
Question 6.
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