wat an intersting sequence

Algebra Level 3

find the 2000th term of this sequence 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4........................till infinity


The answer is 63.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jan 28, 2015

This sequence is a "reverse AP sum" sequence. If i n t h i_n^{th} is the last of term a j = n a_j = n , then i n = n ( n + 1 ) 2 i_n = \dfrac {n(n+1)}{2} . For example: i 1 = 1 ( 2 ) 2 = 1 i_1 = \frac {1(2)}{2} = 1 , i 2 = 2 ( 3 ) 2 = 3 i_2 = \frac {2(3)}{2} = 3 , i 3 = 3 ( 4 ) 2 = 6 i_3 = \frac {3(4)}{2} = 6 , i 4 = 4 ( 5 ) 2 = 10 i_4 = \frac {4(5)}{2} = 10 ....

Now, we have i 62 = 62 ( 63 ) 2 = 1953 \space i_{62} = \dfrac {62(63)}{2} = 1953\space and i 63 = 63 ( 64 ) 2 = 2016 \space i_{63} = \dfrac {63(64)}{2} = 2016 . This means 195 4 t h \space 1954^{th} to 201 6 t h \space 2016^{th} , including 200 0 t h \space 2000^{th} , terms are 63 \space \boxed {63} .

Ramiel To-ong
Feb 2, 2016

just use formula for consecutive integers from binomial expansion. (n/2)(n+1) = 2000 n = 63

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