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Grade 11Algebra

(1)+(2+3)+(4+5+6)......n th term, find out the sum of this series upto n th term.

Profile image of Bikram Saha
5 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Aditya Gupta
5 Years ago
Note that the last number in the bracket of each term (1,3,6,...) is simply the set of triangular numbers. So, in nth bracket, the last term would be n(n+1)/2 [nth triangular number].
Now, the sum of the given series is clearly equal to S= 1+2+3+.....+m where m is the last term of the nth bracket.
So S= m(m+1)/2 (sum of natural numbers)
But m= n(n+1)/2
So substitute this value of m in S to get
S= n(n+1)(n^2+n+2)/8
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