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Algebra Level 3

n = 1 1000000 n 3 = ? \large\sqrt{ \sum_{n=1}^{1000000}n^3} = \, ?


The answer is 500000500000.

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1 solution

Geoff Pilling
Aug 27, 2016

In general,

n = 1 N n 3 = ( n = 1 N n ) 2 = ( N ( N + 1 ) 2 ) 2 \sum_{n=1}^{N}n^3 = (\sum_{n=1}^{N}n)^2 = (\frac{N(N+1)}{2})^2

So,

n = 1 N n 3 = N ( N + 1 ) 2 \sqrt{\sum_{n=1}^{N}n^3} = \frac{N(N+1)}{2}

And for N = 1000000,

n = 1 1000000 n 3 = 500000500000 \sqrt{\large \sum_{n=1}^{1000000}n^3} = \boxed{500000500000}

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