S 1 S 2 = 1 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 + ⋯ + 2 n × 1 ′ s 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 ( 2 n − 1 ) × 1 ′ s = 1 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 + ⋯ + 2 n × 1 ′ s 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 1
For S 1 and S 2 as defined above, find the value of S 2 + S 1 2 n + 9 ( S 2 − S 1 ) for n = 2 0 1 7 .
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Okay, your solution is a bit neater than mine. An upvote for you.
Let’s assume that for a particular n
S 2 + S 1 2 n + 9 ( S 2 − S 1 ) = 1 1
so that
S 2 = n − 1 0 S 1
We wish to find the value for the same expression for n + 1 , which is
S 2 + t 2 + S 1 + t 2 2 ( n + 1 ) + 9 ( S 2 + t 2 − S 1 − t 1 )
Where t 1 and t 2 are the next terms in the series
t 1 = ( 1 0 2 ( n + 1 ) − 1 9 ) ( 9 1 0 2 ( n + 1 ) − 1 − 1 )
t 2 = ( 1 0 2 ( n + 1 ) − 1 9 )
This expression reduces to 1 1 , with S 1 and n both dropping out
Thus, since in the case of n = 1 the first expression has the value of 1 1 , by induction it’s true for any value of n
wow!thats nice
but how did u consider the expression to be 11 (what was the intuition)?
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Work it out for n=1?
The way the problem is stated, it looks suspicious that it's asking for the value when there could be different values for n. That suggests n doesn't matter.
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oh yes,of course!
i made it a little less obvious by asking for a specific n now :P
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@Rohith M.Athreya – If you had done that at the beginning, I would be still sitting here scratching my head. However, Kushal Bose had the right insight.
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From the given equation it can be clearly seen that 1 0 s 1 + s 2 = n .Now I will only use this equation to find the required expression.
1 0 s 1 + s 2 = n = > 9 s 1 + s 1 + s 2 = n = > 9 s 1 + s 2 + s 1 = n − 2 s 1 = > s 2 − s 1 = n − 1 1 s 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E q n ( 1 )
1 0 s 1 + s 2 = n = s 1 + s 2 = n − 9 s 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E q n ( 2 )
Come to the given expression s 2 + s 1 2 n + 9 ( s 2 − s 1 ) = n − 9 s 1 2 n + 9 ( n − 1 1 s 1 ) = n − 9 s 1 1 1 n − 9 9 s ! = n − 9 s 1 1 1 ( n − 9 s 1 ) = 1 1