(Candidates who have not followed the specialization course)A beekeeper studies the evolution of his bee population. At the beginning of his study, he estimates his bee population at 10000. Each year, the beekeeper observes that he loses $20\%$ of the bees from the previous year. He buys an identical number of new bees each year. We denote by $c$ this number expressed in tens of thousands. We denote by $u _ { 0 }$ the number of bees, in tens of thousands, of this beekeeper at the beginning of the study. For any non-zero natural number $n$, $u _ { n }$ denotes the number of bees, in tens of thousands, after the $n$-th year. Thus, we have
$$u _ { 0 } = 1 \quad \text { and, for any natural number } n , u _ { n + 1 } = 0.8 u _ { n } + c .$$
Part A
We assume in this part only that $c = 1$.
- Conjecture the monotonicity and the limit of the sequence $\left( u _ { n } \right)$.
- Prove by induction that, for any natural number $n$, $u _ { n } = 5 - 4 \times 0.8 ^ { n }$.
- Verify the two conjectures established in question 1 by justifying your answer. Interpret these two results.
Part B
The beekeeper wants the number of bees to tend towards 100000. We seek to determine the value of $c$ that allows reaching this objective. We define the sequence $(v _ { n })$ by, for any natural number $n$, $v _ { n } = u _ { n } - 5 c$.
- Show that the sequence $\left( v _ { n } \right)$ is a geometric sequence and specify its common ratio and first term.
- Deduce an expression for the general term of the sequence $\left( v _ { n } \right)$ as a function of $n$.
- Determine the value of $c$ for the beekeeper to reach his objective.