If 3 2 + 1 1 + 4 2 + 2 1 + 5 2 + 3 1 + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = n m
where m and n are co- prime positive integers Find the value of m + n
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Could anyone please explain how you "separated" the sum?
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Partial fractions.
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Expand please
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@Kunal Jadhav – http://www.mathsrevision.net/advanced-level-maths-revision/pure-maths/algebra/partial-fractions
10 out of 10 for this @Krishna Sharma
@Krishna Sharma -Are you in school or college
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:D I was like puzzled coz your age says you're 21 and there's a school's name in your profile :P. Have you taken a year's break for JEE?
I'm also preparing for JEE this year.....High Five!!!
Same approach :)
It is a very nice solution.
all the terms will not cancel out because
1
/
n
+
4
will not cancel
but as
n
→
∞
1
/
n
+
4
will tend tend to 0 according to me.If i am wrong please correct me.
I solved the same way but wrote the denominator as n^2 + (n-2)..
@Krishna Sharma , In the third and fourth steps of your solution, there are some typos. Please edit them accordingly.
exactly done the same way.
did the same!
exactly same way
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This can be written as
S = n = 1 ∑ ∞ ( n + 2 ) 2 + n 1
= n = 1 ∑ ∞ n 2 + 5 n + 4 1
= n = 1 ∑ ∞ ( x + 1 ) ( x + 4 ) 1
Seperating
n = 1 ∑ ∞ 3 1 ( x + 1 1 − x + 4 1 )
All terms will cancel out except 3 terms as we put values of n, we will finally get
3 1 ( 2 1 + 3 1 + 4 1 ) = 3 6 1 3