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Algebra Level 3

1 × 2 2 + 2 × 3 2 + 3 × 4 2 + + 19 × 2 0 2 = ? \large 1 \times 2^2+ 2 \times 3^2+ 3 \times 4^2+\cdots+19 \times 20^2= \, ?

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2 solutions

The sum can be rewritten as

( 2 × 2 2 + 3 × 3 2 + 4 × 4 2 + . . . . + 20 × 2 0 2 ) ( 2 2 + 3 2 + 4 2 + . . . + 2 0 2 ) = (2 \times 2^{2} + 3 \times 3^{2} + 4 \times 4^{2} + .... + 20 \times 20^{2}) - (2^{2} + 3^{2} + 4^{2} + ... + 20^{2}) =

n = 2 20 n 3 n = 2 20 n 2 = ( ( 20 × 21 2 ) 2 1 ) ( 20 × 21 × 41 6 1 ) = 21 0 2 70 × 41 = 41230 \displaystyle\sum_{n=2}^{20} n^{3} - \sum_{n=2}^{20} n^{2} = \left(\left(\dfrac{20 \times 21}{2}\right)^{2} - 1\right) - \left(\dfrac{20 \times 21 \times 41}{6} - 1\right) = 210^{2} - 70 \times 41 = \boxed{41230} .

Thank you, nice solution.

Hana Wehbi - 4 years, 6 months ago
Saya Suka
Dec 5, 2016

Summation (n(n+1)^2)
= S(n(n^2+2n+1))
= S(n^3+2n^2+n)
= S(n^3) + 2S(n^2) + S(n)
= n(n+1)/2 * [n(n+1)/2 + 2(2n+1)/3 + 1]
= n(n+1)/2 * [(3n^2+11n+10)/6]
= n(n+1)(n+2)(3n+5)/12


Plugging in n=19, we get
S = 41230

Thank you, that was really a good idea.

Hana Wehbi - 4 years, 6 months ago

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