The sum of the first $20$ terms of the series $5+11+19+29+41+\ldots$ is :
Solution
$$
\begin{aligned}
& \mathrm{S}_n=5+11+19+29+41+\ldots .+\mathrm{T}_n \\\\
& \mathrm{S}_n=~~~~~~~~ 5+11+19+29+\ldots .+\mathrm{T}_{n-1}+\mathrm{T}_n \\\\
& \hline 0=5+6+8+10+12+\ldots . . \mathrm{T}_n
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{array}{rlrl}
&0 =5+\frac{n-1}{2}[2 \times 6+(n-2)(2)]-T_n \\\\
&\Rightarrow T_n =5+(n-1)(n+4) \\\\
&\Rightarrow T_n =5+n^2+3 n-4 \\\\
&\Rightarrow T_n =n^2+3 n+1 \\\\
&\Sigma T_n =\Sigma n^2+3 \Sigma n+\Sigma 1
\end{array}
$$
<br/><br/>$\Rightarrow \quad S_n=\frac{n(n+1)(2 n+1)}{6}+\frac{3 n(n+1)}{2}+n$
<br/><br/>When, $n=20$
<br/><br/>Then,
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
S_{20} & =\frac{20 \times 21 \times 41}{6}+\frac{3 \times 20 \times 21}{2}+20 \\\\
& =2870+630+20=3520
\end{aligned}
$$
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Sequences and Series · Topic: Arithmetic Progression
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