Suppose the person in the song "Twelve Days of Christmas" broke up with his/her "true love" just a few days after the Christmas season. How many gifts would he/she have to return to his/her true love all in all?
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For any day n such that 0 < n ≤ 1 2 , the number of gifts the person in the song receives is
g = 2 n ( n + 1 )
So we need to find
n = 1 ∑ 1 2 2 n ( n + 1 )
= n = 1 ∑ 1 2 2 n 2 + n
= 2 1 [ 6 ( n ) ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) + 2 n ( n + 1 ) ]
= 2 1 [ 6 ( 1 2 ) ( 1 2 + 1 ) ( 2 ( 1 2 ) + 1 ) + 2 1 2 ( 1 2 + 1 ) ]
= 2 1 [ 6 ( 1 2 ) ( 1 3 ) ( 2 5 ) + 2 1 2 ( 1 3 ) ]
= 2 1 [ 6 5 0 + 7 8 ]
= 3 6 4 .