proof by induction

[dreamy sundial]

could someone walk me through the question

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[dreamy sundial]

im not sure how they are getting a coefficient of 3 for the exponential term

im getting a 2 instead

[spice pond]

I'm not sure why you're trying to derive the form instead of just proving by induction that it works.