Sequence-And-Series Question 655
Question: 2+4+7+11+16+…….. to n terms =
Options:
A) $ \frac{1}{6}(n^{2}+3n+8) $
B) $ \frac{n}{6}(n^{2}+3n+8) $
C) $ \frac{1}{6}(n^{2}-3n+8) $
D) $ \frac{n}{6}(n^{2}-3n+8) $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
[b] We have $ S=2+4+7+11+16+….+T_{n} $ Again $ S=2+4+7+11+16+….+{T_{n-1}}+T_{n} $ Subtracting, we get $ 0=2+{2+3+4+5+…..+(T_{n}-{T_{n-1}})}-T_{n} $ $ T_{n}=2+\frac{1}{2}(n-1),(4+{n-2}1)=\frac{1}{2}(n^{2}+n+2) $ Now $ S=\Sigma T_{n}=\frac{1}{2}\Sigma (n^{2}+n+2)=\frac{1}{2}(\Sigma n^{2}+\Sigma n+2\Sigma 1) $ $ =\frac{1}{2}{ \frac{1}{6}n(n+1)(2n+1)+\frac{1}{2}n(n+1)+2n } $ $ =\frac{n}{12}{(n+1)(2n+1+3)+12} $ $ =\frac{n}{6}{(n+1)(n+2)+6}=\frac{n}{6}(n^{2}+3n+8) $
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