Hi
I'm having trouble finding the sum of:
1 x 2 + 2 x 3 + 3 x 4 + 4 x 5...........1994 x 1995
Any help would be excellent
Thanks
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Hi
I'm having trouble finding the sum of:
1 x 2 + 2 x 3 + 3 x 4 + 4 x 5...........1994 x 1995
Any help would be excellent
Thanks
Each term is some integer x multiplied by the next one up, i.e. x+1.
Write this in terms of a summation, expand out of the brackets and then separate the two series, and you'll find that they are standard.
zaza
Zaza,
I still can't find a solution
I expanded as follows:
x(x + 1) + (x + 1)(x +2) + (x +2)(x + 3)...............
i still get constants which are still 2 + 6 + 12 + 20 .........
Write it in terms of a summation.
i.e. use the Σ notation.
Something like ∑ (x² + x) ? Can be continued from there.