An algebra problem by Julian Yu

Algebra Level 2

Find the largest integer n n such that 1 + 2 + 3 + + n 1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + + n 2 > 1 2017 . \dfrac {1+2+3+\cdots+n}{1^2+2^2+3^2+\cdots+n^2} > \dfrac1{2017} .


The answer is 3024.

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Julian Yu
Sep 11, 2018

1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + n 1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + . . . + n 2 = n ( n + 1 ) 2 n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) 6 = 3 2 n + 1 > 1 2017 \dfrac{1+2+3+...+n}{1^2+2^2+3^2+...+n^2}=\dfrac{\frac{n(n+1)}{2}}{\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}}=\dfrac{3}{2n+1}>\dfrac{1}{2017} .

Therefore, 6051 > 2 n + 1 n < 3025 6051>2n+1\implies n<3025 . Therefore, the largest integer n n is 3024 3024 .

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