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Let S S be the sum of the first 2015 terms of the sequence 1 , 2 , 2 , 3 , 3 , 3 , 4 , 4 , 4 , 4 , . . . . . . . 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,....... where n n occurs as n n terms . The sum of the digits of S S is

24 21 22 23

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Rohit Ner
Aug 28, 2015

At first, we need to determine the last term of the sequence. n = n ( n + 1 ) 2 = 2015 n = 62.98 \begin{aligned}\sum n&=\frac{n(n+1)}{2}\\&=2015\\\Rightarrow n&=62.98\end{aligned} However, given is a series of integers. There are r r number of r r terms. Hence, the sequence will contain numbers from 1 1 to 63 63 with the number 63 63 repeated 62 62 times. Hence the series is i = 1 63 i 2 63 = 63 ( 64 ) ( 127 ) 6 63 = 85281 \begin{aligned}\sum_{i=1}^{63}{i}^2-63&=\frac{63(64)(127)}{6}-63\\&=85281\end{aligned} The sum of the digits of S S equals to 24 \Huge\color{#3D99F6}{\boxed {24}}

Pls explain how have you determined last term .pls :)

Chirayu Bhardwaj - 5 years, 3 months ago

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