For positive integers $n$, if $4 a_n=\left(n^2+5 n+6\right)$ and $S_n=\sum\limits_{k=1}^n\left(\frac{1}{a_k}\right)$, then the value of $507 S_{2025}$ is :
Solution
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
\mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{n}} & =\frac{\mathrm{n}^2+5 \mathrm{n}+6}{4} \\
\mathrm{~S}_{\mathrm{n}} & =\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{n}}=\sum_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{\mathrm{n}} \frac{1}{\mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{k}}}=\sum_1^{\mathrm{n}} \frac{4}{\mathrm{k}^2+5 \mathrm{k}+6} \\
& =4 \sum_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{\mathrm{n}} \frac{1}{(\mathrm{k}+2)(\mathrm{k}+3)} \\
& =4 \sum_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{\mathrm{n}} \frac{1}{\mathrm{k}+2}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{k}+3} \\
& =4\left(\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{4}\right)+4\left(\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{5}\right)+\ldots \ldots . .
\end{aligned}$$</p>
<p>$$\begin{array}{l}
4\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}+2}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}+3}\right) \\
=4\left(\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{n}+3}\right) \\
=\frac{4 \mathrm{n}}{3(\mathrm{n}+3)} \\
{ }^{507} \mathrm{~S}_{2025}=\frac{(507)(4)(2025)}{3(2028)} \\
=675
\end{array}$$</p>
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Sequences and Series · Topic: Arithmetic Progression
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