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2 + 6 + 12 + + 10100 = ? 2+6+12+\ldots +10100 = ?

Note: The n th n^{\text{th}} term of the above series is n ( n + 1 ) n(n+1) .

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Hana Wehbi
May 29, 2016

For n 1 n\geq 1 ; we have ( 1 × 2 ) + ( 2 × 3 ) + ( 3 × 4 ) + . . . + n ( n + 1 ) = (1\times2) +(2\times3)+(3\times4)+...+n(n+1) = ( n ) ( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) 3 \frac{(n)(n+1)(n+2)}{3} ;

We can prove this by mathematical induction:

First the statement holds true for n = 1 n=1 . The left hand side=2=Right hand side.

Suppose it holds true for all n = k N n=k\in\ N ,

To show it is true for k + 1 k+1 :

By taking the L.H.S, it will gives us:

( 1 × 2 ) + ( 2 × 3 ) + ( 3 × 4 ) + . . . + k ( k + 1 ) + ( k + 1 ) ( k + 1 + 1 ) = (1\times2)+(2\times3)+(3\times4)+...+k(k+1)+ (k+1)(k+1+1) =

( ( k ) ( k + 1 ) ( k + 2 ) 3 \large(\frac{(k)(k+1)(k+2)}{3} )+ ( k + 1 ) ( k + 2 ) (k+1)(k+2) =

( k ) ( k + 1 ) ( k + 2 ) 3 \large\frac{(k)(k+1)(k+2)}{3} + 3 ( k + 1 ) ( k + 2 ) 3 \large\frac{3(k+1)(k+2)}{3} =

( k + 1 ) ( k + 2 ) ( k + 3 ) 3 \large\frac{(k+1)(k+2)(k+3)}{3} =

( k + 1 ) ( ( k + 1 ) + 1 ) ( ( k + 1 ) + 2 ) 3 \large\frac{(k+1)((k+1)+1)((k+1)+2)}{3} \implies our statement holds true for ( k + 1 ) (k+1) .

Then just take k=100 to get the answer.

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