3 1 × 2 + 3 2 2 × 3 + 3 3 3 × 4 + 3 4 4 × 5 + ⋯ = ?
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Woah nice!!! I solved mine by adding the first three terms seeing it is greater than 1 shows the limit is definitely greater than 1 so, the last option.
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Exact thing I did also. 2/3 + 2/3 = 4/3. Since L > 1, then the answer is 9/4.
Thanks for the nice solution.
@Chew-Seong Cheong Sir, what made you think of this solution? (It's very pretty!)
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Thanks. Unsure whether I learned it in school or discovered it solving similar problems in Brilliant. But it is surely useful for solving problems like this one. Enjoy solving problems on Brilliant.
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Let S = 3 1 × 2 + 3 2 2 × 3 + 3 3 3 × 4 + 3 4 4 × 5 + . . . , then let us consider the following.
1 − x 1 1 − x x 2 ( 1 − x ) 2 2 x − x 2 ( 1 − x ) 3 2 ( 1 − x ) 3 2 x ( 1 − 3 1 ) 3 3 2 = 1 + x + x 2 + x 3 + . . . = x 2 + x 3 + x 4 + x 5 + . . . = 2 x + 3 x 2 + 4 x 3 + 5 x 4 + . . . = 1 × 2 + 2 × 3 x + 3 × 4 x 2 + 4 × 5 x 3 + . . . = 1 × 2 x + 2 × 3 x 2 + 3 × 4 x 3 + 4 × 5 x 4 + . . . = 3 1 × 2 + 3 2 2 × 3 + 3 3 3 × 4 + 3 4 4 × 5 + . . . = S Multiply both sides by x 2 Differentiate w.r.t. x Differentiate w.r.t. x again Multiply by x Put x = 3 1
⟹ S = ( 1 − 3 1 ) 3 3 2 = 3 2 × ( 2 3 ) 3 = 4 9