Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.4 - Sequences and Summations - Exercises - Page 169: 40

Answer

$\sum_{k=99}^{200} k^{3}$ Rewrite as a difference of sums $=\sum_{k=1}^{200} k^{3}-\sum_{k=1}^{98} k^{3}$ $=\frac{200^{2}(200+1)^{2}}{4}-\frac{98^{2}(98+1)^{2}}{4}$ $=404,010,000-23,532,201$ $=380477799$

Work Step by Step

$\sum_{k=99}^{200} k^{3}$ Rewrite as a difference of sums $=\sum_{k=1}^{200} k^{3}-\sum_{k=1}^{98} k^{3}$ $=\frac{200^{2}(200+1)^{2}}{4}-\frac{98^{2}(98+1)^{2}}{4}$ $=404,010,000-23,532,201$ $=380477799$
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