An algebra problem by ashutosh malviya

Algebra Level 2

What is 5 2 + 6 2 + 7 2 + + 2 0 2 5^2+6^2+7^2+\cdots+20^2 ?


The answer is 2840.

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1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + + n 2 = n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) 6 \color{#20A900}{1^2+2^2+3^2+\dotsm+n^2=\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}} 1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + + 2 0 2 = 20 ( 20 + 1 ) ( 2 ( 20 ) + 1 ) 6 = 2870 \color{#3D99F6}{1^2+2^2+3^2+\dotsm+20^2=\frac{20(20+1)(2(20)+1)}{6}=2870} 5 2 + 6 2 + 7 2 + + 2 0 2 = 2870 ( 1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + 4 2 ) = 2870 30 = 2840 \color{#D61F06}{5^2+6^2+7^2+\dotsm+20^2=2870-(1^2+2^2+3^2+4^2)=2870-30=\boxed{2840}}

1 2 + 2 2 + + 2 0 2 = 20 ( 20 + 1 ) ( 2 ( 20 ) + 1 ) 6 = 2870 1^2+2^2+\cdots+20^2=\dfrac{20(20+1)(2(20)+1)}{6}=2870

5 2 + 6 2 + 2 0 2 = 2870 ( 1 2 + + 4 2 ) = 2870 30 = 2840 5^2+6^2 \cdots+20^2=2870-(1^2+\cdots+4^2)=2870-30=\boxed{2840}

Nikola Djuric
Dec 9, 2014

1+2x2+3x3+...+nxn=n(n+1)(2n+1)/6 so we get 20x21x41/6-4x5x9/6=2870-30=2840

5 2 + 6 2 + 7 2 + 8 2 + 9 2 + 1 0 2 + 1 1 2 + 1 2 2 + 1 3 2 + 1 4 2 + 1 5 2 + 1 6 2 + 1 7 2 + 1 8 2 + 1 9 2 + 2 0 2 = 2840 5^2 + 6^2 + 7^2 + 8^2 + 9^2 + 10^2 + 11^2 + 12^2 + 13^2 + 14^2 + 15^2 + 16^2 + 17^2 + 18^2 + 19^2 + 20^2 = \fbox {2840}

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