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h ( n ) = ( ( n 2 n ) 200 n 199 ) 1000000 n 999998 \large h(n) = \frac {\bigg(\frac {\left(\frac {n^2}n \right)^{200}}{n^{199}}\bigg)^{1000000}}{n^{999998}}

For h ( n ) h(n) as defined above, find n = 1 100 h ( n ) \displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{100} h(n) .


The answer is 338350.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Feb 13, 2018

h ( n ) = ( ( n 2 n ) 200 n 199 ) 1000000 n 999998 = ( n 200 n 199 ) 1000000 n 999998 = n 1000000 n 999998 = n 2 \begin{aligned} h(n) & = \frac {\bigg(\frac {\left(\frac {n^2}n \right)^{200}}{n^{199}}\bigg)^{1000000}}{n^{999998}} = \frac {\left(\frac {n^{200}}{n^{199}}\right)^{1000000}}{n^{999998}} = \frac {n^{1000000}}{n^{999998}} = n^2 \end{aligned}

Therefore, n = 1 100 h ( n ) = n = 1 100 n 2 = 100 ( 101 ) ( 201 ) 6 = 338350 \displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{100} h(n) = \sum_{n=1}^{100} n^2 = \dfrac {100(101)(201)}6 = \boxed{338350} .

Vishruth Bharath
Feb 12, 2018

First, we need to simplify that seemingly huge fraction in the function. We notice a pattern, so when we simplify it down, we get n 2 n^2 . Basically, the problem is asking us to find the sum of all terms up until 100 100 in the function h ( x ) = n 2 h(x)=n^2 . We can create an equation to model this problem:

k = 1 100 n 2 = 1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + 4 2 + 5 2 + + 10 0 2 = 338350 \displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{100}n^2=1^2+2^2+3^2+4^2+5^2+\dots+100^2=\boxed{338350}

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