Use mathematical induction to prove each of the following:
For each natural number , .
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For each , let be, . When we use , the summation on the left side of the equation is 2, and the right side is . Therefore, is true. For the inductive step, let and assume that is true. Then,
. We now add to both sides of this equation. This gives
If we now combine the terms on the right side of the equation into a single fraction, we obtain
This proves that if is true, then is true.