Question

If $\alpha ,\beta$ are the roots of the equation $a{x}^2+bx+c=0$ and $S_n={\alpha }^n+{\beta }^n$ then $a{S}_{n+1}+b{S}_n+c{S}_{n-1}=(n\ge 2)$

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Answer 1

$S_{n+1}={\alpha }^{n+1}+{\beta }^{n+1}$
$=(\alpha +\beta )({\alpha }^n+{\beta }^n)-\alpha \beta ({\alpha }^{n-1}+{\beta }^{n-1})$
$=-\frac{b}{a}.S_n-\frac{c}{a}.S_{n-1}$
$a{S}_{n+1}+b{S}_n+c{S}_{n-1}$ = $-b{S}_n-c{S}_{n-1}+b{S}_n+c{S}_{n-1}$
= 0