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Algebra Level 4

n = 1 520 a 2 n 1 + a 2 n + 1 \sum_{n=1}^{520} \sqrt{a_{2n-1} + a_{2n+1}}

Let a n = 1 + 8 n 2 a_n = 1 + \dfrac8{n^2} . Find the exact value of the summation above.

Give your answer to 2 decimal places.


The answer is 738.22.

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2 solutions

Jessica Wang
Nov 16, 2015

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a 2 n 1 + a 2 n + 1 = 2 + 8 ( 1 ( 2 n 1 ) 2 + 1 ( 2 n + 1 ) 2 ) \sqrt{a_{2n-1}+a_{2n+1}}=\sqrt{2+8(\dfrac{1}{(2n-1)^{2}}+\dfrac{1}{(2n+1)^{2}})}

= 2 1 + 8 4 n 2 + 1 ( 4 n 2 1 ) 2 =\sqrt{2} \sqrt{1+8\dfrac{4n^{2}+1}{(4n^{2}-1)^{2}}} let 4 n 2 = a 4n^{2}=a

Then,

a 2 n 1 + a 2 n + 1 = 2 1 + 8 a + 1 ( a 1 ) 2 \sqrt{a_{2n-1}+a_{2n+1}}=\sqrt{2} \sqrt{1+8\dfrac{a+1}{(a-1)^{2}}}

= 2 a 2 2 a + 1 + 8 a + 8 ( a 1 ) 2 = 2 × a + 3 a 1 =\sqrt{2} \sqrt{\dfrac{a^{2}-2a+1+8a+8}{(a-1)^{2}}}=\sqrt{2} \times \dfrac{a+3}{a-1}

= 2 × ( 1 + 4 a 1 ) =\sqrt{2} \times (1+\dfrac{4}{a-1}) Now, substitute a back to the equation.

= 2 × ( 1 + 2 ( 1 2 n 1 1 2 n + 1 ) ) =\sqrt{2} \times (1+2(\dfrac{1}{2n-1}-\dfrac{1}{2n+1}))

Since the summation of the fraction term is a telescoping sum , so, the sum is

Σ n = 1 520 2 ( 1 2 n 1 1 2 n + 1 ) = 2 ( 1 1 1041 ) \Sigma_{n=1}^{520} 2(\dfrac{1}{2n-1}-\dfrac{1}{2n+1})=2(1-\dfrac{1}{1041})

So, the whole summation is

S u m = 2 ( 520 + 2 ( 1 1 1041 ) ) = 738.22 Sum=\sqrt{2}(520+2(1-\dfrac{1}{1041}))=\boxed{738.22}

It's not 2 significant figures. It'e either 2 decimal places or 5 significant figures

Kishore S. Shenoy - 5 years, 9 months ago

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