Again the same!

Algebra Level 4

1 2 1 2 + ( 1 + 2 ) 2 2 2 + + ( 1 + 2 + 3 + + 16 ) 2 1 6 2 = ? \dfrac{1^2}{1^2} + \dfrac{(1+2)^2}{2^2} + \cdots + \dfrac{(1+2+3+\cdots+16)^2}{16^2} = \, ?


The answer is 446.

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3 solutions

Mateus Gomes
Jan 20, 2016

1 2 1 2 + ( 1 + 2 ) 2 2 2 + + ( 1 + 2 + 3 + + 16 ) 2 1 6 2 = ? \dfrac{1^2}{1^2} + \dfrac{(1+2)^2}{2^2} + \cdots + \dfrac{(1+2+3+\cdots+16)^2}{16^2} = \, ? n = 1 16 ( k = 1 n k n ) 2 = n = 1 16 [ n ( n + 1 ) 2 ] 2 n 2 = \sum_{n=1}^{16}(\frac{\sum_{k=1}^{n}k}{n})^{2}= \displaystyle\sum_{n = 1}^{16}\frac{[\frac{n(n + 1)}{2}]^2}{n^2}=
n = 1 16 ( n + 1 ) 2 4 = n = 1 16 ( n 2 4 + n 2 + 1 4 ) = \sum_{n = 1}^{16}\frac{(n + 1)^2}{4}= \sum_{n = 1}^{16}(\frac{n^2}{4}+\frac{n}{2}+\frac{1}{4})= 4 + 1 2 n = 1 16 n + 1 4 n = 1 16 n 2 = 4 + 68 + 374 = 446 4+\frac{1}{2}\sum_{n = 1}^{16}n+\frac{1}{4}\sum_{n = 1}^{16}n^2=4+68+374=\Large{\color{#3D99F6}{\boxed{446}}}

Nice solution. A slight variation starting at line 2 would be

n = 1 16 ( n + 1 2 ) 2 = 1 4 ( n = 1 17 ( n 2 ) 1 ) = \displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{16} \left(\dfrac{n + 1}{2}\right)^{2} = \dfrac{1}{4}\left(\sum_{n=1}^{17} (n^{2}) - 1\right) =

1 4 ( 17 ( 17 + 1 ) ( 2 17 + 1 ) 6 1 ) = 1 24 ( 10710 6 ) = 446 \dfrac{1}{4}\left(\dfrac{17*(17 + 1)*(2*17 + 1)}{6} - 1\right) = \dfrac{1}{24}(10710 - 6) = 446 .

Brian Charlesworth - 5 years, 4 months ago
Reineir Duran
Jan 21, 2016

To make life easier, we have

n = 1 16 [ n ( n + 1 ) 2 ] 2 n 2 = n = 1 16 ( n + 1 ) 2 4 . \displaystyle\sum_{n = 1}^{16}\frac{[\frac{n(n + 1)}{2}]^2}{n^2} = \sum_{n = 1}^{16}\frac{(n + 1)^2}{4}.

It is not hard to evaluate the last summation since it is just equal to

2 2 + 3 2 + 4 2 + . . . + 1 6 2 + 1 7 2 4 = 17 ( 18 ) ( 35 ) 6 1 4 = 446. \displaystyle\frac{2^2 + 3^2 + 4^2 + ... + 16^2 + 17^2}{4} = \frac{\frac{17(18)(35)}{6} - 1}{4} = 446.

Pedro Vitor
Jan 20, 2016

(1+2)+2 = 1,5; (1+2+3)÷3 = 2; (1+2+3+4)÷4 = 2,5

AP: 1; 1,5; 2; 2,5; 3; 3,5; ...; (1+2+3...+16)÷16

an = a1 + (n-1) • r

a16 = 1 + (16-1) • 0,5

a16 = 8,5

1² + 1,5² + 2² + 2,5² + ... + 8,5² = 446

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