A Sum

Calculus Level 2

Evaluate

2 n = 0 3 4 n 2\sum \limits^{\infty }_{n=0}\frac{3}{4^{n}}


The answer is 8.

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1 solution

Parth Lohomi
Mar 25, 2015

Upvote if you liked it ¨ \ddot\smile

2 n = 0 3 4 n = 6 n = 0 1 4 n 2\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{3}{4^n} = 6\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{4^n}

= 6 × ( 1 + 1 4 + 1 4 2 + 1 4 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) = 6\times\left(1+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{4^2}+\frac{1}{4^3}..............\right)

( 1 4 + 1 4 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) is a G.P with common ratio 1 4 \left(\frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{4^2} .................\right)\text{is a G.P with common ratio} \frac{1}{4}

= 6 × ( 1 + 1 4 1 1 4 ) = 6 × 4 3 = 8 = 6\times \left(1+\dfrac{\frac{1}{4}}{1-\frac{1}{4}}\right )= 6\times\frac{4}{3}=\boxed{8}

Damn! This was easy.. Couldn't work it out.

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Better Luck next time Bro!!

Parth Lohomi - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Hahaha.. Sure I'll try. Tell me something, Did you give the RMO?

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Mehul Arora Yup!! Was not selected (4 marks short of cutofff.)

Parth Lohomi - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Parth Lohomi Hard luck! Can you tell me what the expected difficulty level of the problems is?

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Mehul Arora AWESOME!!! (somewhat brilliant Level 5 and 4)

Parth Lohomi - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Parth Lohomi LIke how tough the Problems are?

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Mehul Arora SEE MY COMMENT

Parth Lohomi - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Parth Lohomi ohohh. Oka, one last question. How to prepare for the proof problems?

And also, Did satvik get selected?

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Mehul Arora Neither he nor I got selected. Go through differnt book

'Haal & Knight'

"Excursion in mathematics"

"INMO prep"

Most problems can be solved by induction you know....

Parth Lohomi - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Parth Lohomi Okay.. Thanks so much!

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago

You can also take 1 + 1/4 + 1/(4)^2 ......... as a Infinite GP then it becomes easy.

6 x ( 1 1 1 4 \frac { 1 }{ 1-\frac { 1 }{ 4 } } ) = 6 x 4/3 = 8.

It reduces a step.

Nelson Mandela - 6 years, 2 months ago

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I have indeed done the same thing.

Parth Lohomi - 6 years, 2 months ago

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