Is there a sequence?

Algebra Level 1

3 4 + 3 28 + 3 70 + 3 130 + + 3 9700 = ? \dfrac 34+\dfrac3{28}+\dfrac3{70}+\dfrac3{130}+\cdots +\dfrac3{9700}= \, ?


Clarification : The denominators of the fractions follow a quadratic function.

0.97 0.98 0.99 1 1.03

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3 solutions

J J
Jul 12, 2016

We can rewrite the sequence as

( 4 1 4 1 + 7 4 7 4 + 10 7 10 7 + . . . + 100 97 100 97 ) (\frac{4-1}{4\cdot1}+\frac{7-4}{7\cdot4}+\frac{10-7}{10\cdot7}+...+\frac{100-97}{100\cdot97})

= ( 1 1 1 4 + 1 4 1 7 + . . . + 1 97 1 100 ) (\frac{1}{1}-\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{7}+...+\frac{1}{97}-\frac{1}{100})

Everything in the middle cancels out and we're left with

1 1 100 1-\frac{1}{100}

= 99 100 \frac{99}{100}

= 0.99 0.99

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good one..+1

Ayush G Rai - 4 years, 11 months ago

hello any tips like whrn to use telescoping

abhishek alva - 4 years, 8 months ago
Sayandeep Ghosh
May 4, 2016

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.

Sal Gard - 5 years, 1 month ago

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And what is the quadratic function?

Mr Yovan - 4 years, 11 months ago

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9x^2-3x-2.

Sal Gard - 4 years, 11 months ago

Very stupid method

Shivam Sourav - 2 years, 3 months ago
Eustace Lewis
Oct 12, 2019

S = 3 1 4 \frac{3}{1*4} + 3 4 7 \frac{3}{4*7} + 3 7 10 \frac{3}{7*10} + 3 10 13 \frac{3}{10*13} +.....+ 3 97 100 \frac{3}{97*100} then by splitting them into partial fractions , we can telescope : S = ( 1 1 \frac{1}{1} - 1 4 \frac{1}{4} + 1 4 \frac{1}{4} - 1 7 \frac{1}{7} + 1 7 \frac{1}{7} - ...... + 1 97 \frac{1}{97} - 1 100 \frac{1}{100} ). Thus everything cancels out except for the first and last term: S = 1 - 1 100 \frac{1}{100} = 99 100 \frac{99}{100} = 0.99

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