Sum of numbers to infinity :

Algebra Level 2

True or False?

For any positive integer n n , the sum of digits of the decimal representation of 1 + 2 + 3 + + 1 0 n 1 + 2 + 3 + \cdots + 10^n is 10 10 .

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Chew-Seong Cheong
Feb 23, 2021

Let the sum be S S . Then

S = 1 + 2 + 3 + + 1 0 n = 1 0 n ( 1 0 n + 1 ) 2 = ( 5 × 1 0 n 1 ) ( 1 0 n + 1 ) = 5 × 1 0 2 n 1 + 5 × 1 0 n 1 = 5 0000 0000 number of 0s = n 1 5 0000 0000 number of 0s = n 1 \begin{aligned} S & = 1 +2+3+\cdots +10^n \\ & = \frac {10^n(10^n+1)}2 \\ & = (5 \times 10^{n-1})(10^n+1) \\ & = 5 × 10^{2n-1} + 5 × 10^{n-1} \\ & = 5 \underbrace{0000 \cdots 0000}_{\text{number of 0s} = n-1} 5 \underbrace{0000 \cdots 0000}_{\text{number of 0s} = n-1} \end{aligned}

Therefore the sum of digits of S S is 5 + 5 = 10 5+5=\boxed{10} .

Thank You very Much .

محمد أبو العمايم - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Chew-Seong Cheong - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

S = 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . . . . . + 10^n ; S = [( 10^n ) / 2 ] + [(10^2n ) / 2 ] = [ 5 . 10^( n - 1 ) ] + [ 5 . 10^( 2n - 1 ) ] ; So for ( n = 1 ) ; S = 55 And for ( n = 2 ) ; S = 5050 ; for ( n = 3 ) ; S = 500500 ; And So On : So the Sum of All digits of ( S ) Is ( 5 + 5 = 10 ) : That Is True .

needs a couple more steps in your solution to make it clear to more people

Richard Costen - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Thank You very Much .

محمد أبو العمايم - 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Hongqi Wang
Feb 23, 2021

let S = i = 1 1 0 n 1 i S = \sum\limits_{i=1}^{10^n-1} i then 9 S 9 | S , that implies the digits sum of S S must be 9. And the digits sum of 1 0 n 10^n is 1. So the answer is true.

Thank You very Much .

محمد أبو العمايم - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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