If the value of can be written in the form , where and are coprime positive integers , find .
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P = n = 1 ∑ ∞ ⎣ ⎢ ⎢ ⎢ ⎢ ⎡ r = 1 ∑ n r ( r + 2 ) ( r + 4 ) r = 1 ∑ n ( r + 2 ) ⎦ ⎥ ⎥ ⎥ ⎥ ⎤
Numerator is a sum of an arithmetic progression which is: 2 n ( 2 ⋅ 3 + ( n − 1 ) 1 ) = 2 n ( n + 5 ) .
While denominator ( ∗ ∗ ) can be written as:
r = 1 ∑ n ( r 3 + 6 r 2 + 8 r )
Use ∑ r = 2 n ( n + 1 ) , ∑ r 2 = 6 n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) , ∑ r 3 = 4 n 2 ( n + 1 ) 2
so that denominator simplifies to :
4 n 2 ( n + 1 ) 2 + n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) + 4 n ( n + 1 )
= 4 n ( n + 1 ) ( n + 4 ) ( n + 5 )
∴ P = n = 1 ∑ ∞ 4 2 n ( n + 1 ) ( n + 4 ) ( n + 5 ) 2 n ( n + 5 )
= n = 1 ∑ ∞ ( n + 1 ) ( n + 4 ) 2 = 3 2 n = 1 ∑ ∞ ( n + 1 1 − n + 4 1 )
( A T e l e s c o p i c S e r i e s )
= 3 2 ( 2 1 + 3 1 + 4 1 )
= 1 8 1 3
∴ 1 3 + 1 8 + 5 = 6
( ∗ ∗ ) When denominator can alternately be solved using Telescopic Series also.
8 1 r = 1 ∑ n { ( ( r + 6 ) − ( r − 2 ) ) ( r + 4 ) ( r + 2 ) ( r ) }
= 8 1 [ r = 1 ∑ n { ( r + 6 ) ( r + 4 ) ( r + 2 ) ( r ) } − { ( r + 4 ) ( r + 2 ) ( r ) ( r − 2 ) } ]
( A Telescopic series )
Which gives the same result as above.