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Transcribed Image Text:Define the sequence {b, } as follows:
bo
1
bn
bn-1 +n for n > 1
Use induction to prove that an explicit formula for this
п(п + 1)
sequence is given by: b,, =
+ 1 for n > 0.
2
The answer must include
(1) Proof of the base case
(2) Inductive step
state inductive hypothesis
• state what is being proven in the inductive step
• prove the inductive step
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