JEE MAIN - Mathematics (2025 - 3rd April Morning Shift - No. 3)

The sum $1+3+11+25+45+71+\ldots$ upto 20 terms, is equal to
7240
8124
7130
6982

Explanation

$$\begin{aligned} &T_r=3 r^2-7 r+5 \text { using second order difference }\\ &\begin{aligned} & \sum_{r=1}^{20}\left(3 r^2-7 r+5\right)=3 \Sigma r^2-7 \Sigma r+5 \Sigma(1) \\ & =\frac{3(n)(n+1)(2 n+1)}{6}-\frac{7 n(n+1)}{2}-5 n, n=20 \\ & =7240 \end{aligned} \end{aligned}$$

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