It's About RHS and LHS

1 + 2 = 3 4 + 5 + 6 = 7 + 8 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 = 13 + 14 + 15 \begin{aligned} 1 +2 &=& 3 \\ 4+5+6 &=& 7+8 \\ 9+10+11+12 &=& 13 +14 + 15 \end{aligned}

Given the pattern in the above 3 rows, find the last number on the RHS of the 8 0 th 80^\text{th} row.


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The answer is 6560.

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4 solutions

Yatin Khanna
Jan 6, 2017

Note that the number of terms in each row is in an Arithmetic Progression with a = 3 a=3 and d = 2 d=2 .
The last term of RHS of the n t h n^{th} row is the sum of the first n n terms of this AP.

We want the last term of RHS of the 8 0 t h 80^{th} row; which is; by using the formula for the sum of an AP;
80 2 ( ( 2 ) ( 3 ) + ( 79 ) ( 2 ) ) = 40 164 = 6560 \frac{80}{2}((2)(3) + (79)(2)) =40*164 = \boxed {6560}

Oliver Papillo
Jan 4, 2017

Lemma : n 2 n^2 is equal to the sum of the first n |n| positive odd integers.

Proof : x 2 y 2 = ( x + y ) ( x y ) x^2 - y^2 = (x+y)(x-y) .

WLOG x > y x > y .

If x y = 1 x-y=1 , then x 2 y 2 = 2 y + 1 x^2 - y^2 = 2y+1 .

Now we prove the statement using induction:

1 2 = 1 1^2 = 1

( n + 1 ) 2 = n 2 + 2 n + 1 (n+1)^2 = n^2 + 2n + 1 .

Solution : As each row contains 2 2 more integers than the last, and the sequence begins with 3 3 integers in a row, the last number on the R H S RHS of the n n th row is equal to ( n + 1 ) 2 1 ) (n+1)^2 -1) .

So the answer is 8 1 2 1 = 6560 81^2 - 1 = 6560 .

Anirudh Sreekumar
Feb 26, 2017

Its easy to note that the first number on the L H S LHS of any row n n is given by n 2 n^2

since the terms are consecutive the last term on the R H S RHS of the n n th row should be ( n + 1 ) 2 1 (n+1)^2-1

applying this we get last term on the 80 80 th row = 8 1 2 1 = 6560 81^2-1=\boxed{6560}

Fidel Simanjuntak
Dec 29, 2016

The last number in every row on the L H S LHS makes a sequence 2 , 6 , 12 , 20 , . . . . 2, 6, 12, 20, ....

The last number of the 8 0 t h 80^{th} row on the L H S LHS is

80 ( 80 + 1 ) = 80 × 81 80(80+1) = 80 \times 81

= 6480 = 6480 .

On the 8 0 t h 80^{th} row, L H S LHS has 81 81 terms, and R H S RHS has 80 80 terms

The first number of the 8 0 t h 80^{th} on R H S RHS is 6481 6481 .

Then, the last number of the 8 0 t h 80^{th} on R H S RHS is 6481 + 79 = 6560 6481+79 = 6560 .

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