AS June 2018 Paper 1 Q8

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8.

(i) Prove by induction that for \(n \in \mathbb{Z}^+\)\[\begin{pmatrix}5 & -8\\ 2 & -3\end{pmatrix}^n = \begin{pmatrix}4n + 1 & -8n\\ 2n & 1 - 4n\end{pmatrix}\] (6)
(ii) Prove by induction that for \(n \in \mathbb{Z}^+\)\[\mathrm{f}(n) = 4^{n+1} + 5^{2n-1}\]is divisible by 21 (6)