Monday, 25 February 2019

If it is Arithmetic Progression then find the value of s?



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I started this question by making an A.P as the common difference is same and got the answer that I need number of terms to proceed further but my valie for number of terms is coming in fraction that is not possible i tried many times but end up with the same value so I can't proceed further as I don't know the value of n to put in the sum of Arithmetic Progression series?


Answer



Hint:




The general term is 1(5r3)(5r+2)



We use partial fraction decomposition, so:



1(5r3)(5r+2)=A5r3+B5r+2



Can you find A and B? (Hint 2: A+B=0)



Because A+B=0, can you see that between the decomposition of 1(5r3)(5r+2)

and 1(5(r+1)3)(5(r+1)+2)=1(5r+2)(5r+7)




some terms are cancelled? Figure out which ones will not be cancelled and sum them.



This method is known as telescoping


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