4 3 + 2 8 3 + 7 0 3 + 1 3 0 3 + ⋯ + 9 7 0 0 3 = ?
Clarification
: The denominators of the fractions follow a quadratic function.
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good one..+1
hello any tips like whrn to use telescoping
Since 3 is multiplied by the whole sequence.... The answer must be divisible by 3....only. 0.99 is divisible... Here..
Not necessarily. You got lucky. You must find the quadratic function.
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And what is the quadratic function?
Very stupid method
S = 1 ∗ 4 3 + 4 ∗ 7 3 + 7 ∗ 1 0 3 + 1 0 ∗ 1 3 3 +.....+ 9 7 ∗ 1 0 0 3 then by splitting them into partial fractions , we can telescope : S = ( 1 1 - 4 1 + 4 1 - 7 1 + 7 1 - ...... + 9 7 1 - 1 0 0 1 ). Thus everything cancels out except for the first and last term: S = 1 - 1 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 9 9 = 0.99
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We can rewrite the sequence as
( 4 ⋅ 1 4 − 1 + 7 ⋅ 4 7 − 4 + 1 0 ⋅ 7 1 0 − 7 + . . . + 1 0 0 ⋅ 9 7 1 0 0 − 9 7 )
= ( 1 1 − 4 1 + 4 1 − 7 1 + . . . + 9 7 1 − 1 0 0 1 )
Everything in the middle cancels out and we're left with
1 − 1 0 0 1
= 1 0 0 9 9
= 0 . 9 9
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