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let

S = 4 2 + 12 10 + 20 50 + 28 170 + 36 442 \large{S=\frac{4}{2}+\frac{12}{10}+\frac{20}{50}+\frac{28}{170}+\frac{36}{442}}

If S S can be simplified to a b \frac{a}{b} where a , b a,b are co prime integers.

Find a + b a+b


The answer is 63.

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1 solution

Tanishq Varshney
Apr 12, 2015

ok i have waited long enough for a solution, now posting the solution

4 1 × 2 + 12 2 × 5 + 20 5 × 10 + 28 10 × 17 + 36 17 × 26 \frac{4}{1\times 2}+\frac{12}{2\times 5}+\frac{20}{5\times 10}+\frac{28}{10\times 17}+\frac{36}{17\times 26}

Apply method of difference on denominator to find the general term.

The general term T r = 4 ( 2 r 1 ) ( r 2 + 2 2 r ) ( r 2 + 1 ) T_{r}=\huge{\frac{4(2r-1)}{(r^2+2-2r)(r^2+1)}}

Number of terms 5 5

To find r = 1 5 T r \displaystyle \sum_{r=1}^{5} T_{r}

r = 1 5 4 ( 2 r 1 ( ( r 1 ) 2 + 1 ) ( r 2 + 1 ) ) \displaystyle \sum_{r=1}^{5} 4(\frac{2r-1}{((r-1)^{2}+1)(r^2+1)})

r = 1 5 4 ( r 2 + 1 ( ( r 1 ) 2 + 1 ) ( ( r 1 ) 2 + 1 ) ( r 2 + 1 ) ) \displaystyle \sum_{r=1}^{5} 4(\frac{r^2+1-((r-1)^{2}+1)}{((r-1)^{2}+1)(r^2+1)})

r = 1 5 4 ( 1 ( r 1 ) 2 + 1 1 r 2 + 1 ) \displaystyle \sum_{r=1}^{5} 4 (\frac{1}{(r-1)^{2}+1}-\frac{1}{r^2+1})

Apply V n V_{n} method or u can simply see that except the first and the last term , all the terms get cancelled.

4 ( 1 1 5 2 + 1 ) 4(1-\frac{1}{5^2+1})

4 ( 25 26 ) 4(\frac{25}{26})

50 13 \large{\boxed{\frac{50}{13}}}

@Calvin Lin sir plz assign a suitable level to the problem

Tanishq Varshney - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Given that this is merely a "find the sum of these ugly fractions", I am not inclined to giving it a level.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 2 months ago

Why can't the series be

4 2 + 12 10 + 20 50 + 28 176 + 36 442 \frac{4}{2}+\frac{12}{10}+\frac{20}{50}+\frac{28}{176}+\frac{36}{442}

with T r = 4 ( 2 r 1 ) 9 r 3 38 r 2 + 59 r 28 T_r =\frac{4(2r-1)}{9r^3-38r^2+59r-28}

With this the result would be

S = 186727 48620 S = \boxed{\frac{186727}{48620}} , in which case the answer would be 235347 \boxed{235347}

Janardhanan Sivaramakrishnan - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Sir can u elaborate on how did u get 176.

Tanishq Varshney - 6 years, 2 months ago

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I tried to fit a third order polynomial g ( r ) = a r 3 + b r 2 + c r + d g(r)=ar^3+br^2+cr+d such that g ( 1 ) = 2 , g ( 2 ) = 10 , g ( 3 ) = 50 , g ( 5 ) = 442 g(1)=2,g(2)=10,g(3)=50,g(5)=442 .

My objection is that from the details given in the problem, it is not necessary that 63 is the only correct solution.

Janardhanan Sivaramakrishnan - 6 years, 2 months ago

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