n = 1 ∑ 5 2 0 a 2 n − 1 + a 2 n + 1
Let a n = 1 + n 2 8 . Find the exact value of the summation above.
Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try
refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and,
finally, (c)
loading the
non-javascript version of this page
. We're sorry about the hassle.
a 2 n − 1 + a 2 n + 1 = 2 + 8 ( ( 2 n − 1 ) 2 1 + ( 2 n + 1 ) 2 1 )
= 2 1 + 8 ( 4 n 2 − 1 ) 2 4 n 2 + 1 let 4 n 2 = a
Then,
a 2 n − 1 + a 2 n + 1 = 2 1 + 8 ( a − 1 ) 2 a + 1
= 2 ( a − 1 ) 2 a 2 − 2 a + 1 + 8 a + 8 = 2 × a − 1 a + 3
= 2 × ( 1 + a − 1 4 ) Now, substitute a back to the equation.
= 2 × ( 1 + 2 ( 2 n − 1 1 − 2 n + 1 1 ) )
Since the summation of the fraction term is a telescoping sum , so, the sum is
Σ n = 1 5 2 0 2 ( 2 n − 1 1 − 2 n + 1 1 ) = 2 ( 1 − 1 0 4 1 1 )
So, the whole summation is
S u m = 2 ( 5 2 0 + 2 ( 1 − 1 0 4 1 1 ) ) = 7 3 8 . 2 2
It's not 2 significant figures. It'e either 2 decimal places or 5 significant figures
Problem Loading...
Note Loading...
Set Loading...
You can enlarge...