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( 1 ) , ( 2 , 3 , 4 ) , ( 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ) , ( 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ) , (1), (2,3,4), (5,6,7,8,9), (10,11,12,13,14,15,16),\ldots

Find the sum of the numbers present in the 23rd bracket.

Clarification: 1 is in first bracket, likewise 2, 3, 4 are in the second bracket and so on.

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The answer is 22815.

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Ayush G Rai
Jun 25, 2016

The pattern goes on as follows:
The sum of the number in the first bracket: 1 1
The sum of the numbers in the second bracket: 9 9
The sum of the numbers in the third bracket: 35 35
The sum of the numbers in the fourth bracket: 91 91
...........
So the pattern is 1 , 9 , 35 , 91 , 1,9,35,91,\dots Let n be the number of the bracket.
So the sum of the numbers in any bracket can be calculated as ( n ) 3 + ( n 1 ) 3 . {(n)}^3+{(n-1)}^3.
eg.The sum of numbers in the 3 r d 3^{rd} bracket = 3 3 + 2 3 = 35. =3^3+2^3=35.
Therefore the sum of the numbers in the 23 r d {23}^{rd} bracket = 23 3 + 22 3 = 22815 . ={23}^3+{22}^3=\boxed{22815}.


Nice observation!

Achal Jain - 4 years, 11 months ago

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thanks @achal jain

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Chew-Seong Cheong
Jun 25, 2016

We note that the number of terms or numbers in k k th bracket is given by n k = 2 k 1 n_k =2k-1 . For k = 23 k=23 , n 23 = 2 23 1 = 45 n_{23} = 2\cdot 23-1= 45 .

We also note that the last term of k k th bracket is the sum of numbers of terms from first to k k th brackets inclusively. That is, l k = n k ( n k + 1 ) 2 l_k = \dfrac {n_k(n_k+1)}2 . For k = 23 k = 23 , l 23 = n 23 ( n 23 + 1 ) 2 = 45 ( 45 + 1 ) 2 = 529 l_{23} = \dfrac {n_{23}\left(n_{23}+1\right)}2 = \dfrac{45(45+1)}2 = 529 . The last term of 22nd bracket is l 22 = 43 ( 43 + 1 ) 2 = 484 l_{22} = \dfrac {43(43+1)}2 = 484 , therefore, the first term of the 23rd bracket is l 22 + 1 = 485 l_{22}+1 = 485 . Therefore, the sum of the numbers in the 23rd bracket is:

S 23 = n 23 ( a 23 + l 23 ) 2 = 45 ( 485 + 529 ) 2 = 22815 \begin{aligned} S_{23} & = \frac {n_{23}\left(a_{23}+l_{23} \right)}2 \\ & = \frac {45(485+529)}2 \\ & = \boxed{22815} \end{aligned}

Aditya Sky
Jun 26, 2016

Notice that, the numbers in each bracket are in Arithmetic Progression \color{#20A900}{\text{Arithmetic Progression}} .

Also, notice that, first term, last term and number of terms in n t h n^{th} bracket is n 2 2 n + 2 n^{2}-2n+2 , n 2 n^{2} and 2 n 1 2n-1 respectively.

Using the fact that the sum of terms in an Arithmetic Progression \color{#20A900}{\text{Arithmetic Progression}} that consists of n n terms such that first term is a a and last term is b b is given by n 2 ( a + b ) \dfrac{n}{2} \,\cdot \, (a+b) , we can write :-

S n = ( 2 n 1 ) ( n 2 n + 1 ) \huge \boxed{\color{#EC7300}{S_n\,=\,(2n-1)\cdot (n^{2}-n+1)}} .

,where S n S_n denotes the sum of numbers present in the n t h n^{th} bracket.

On putting n = 23 n=23 , S 23 S_{23} comes to be equal to 22815 \boxed{22815} .

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