Intermediate Algebra: Connecting Concepts through Application

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53449-636-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-53449-636-4

Chapter 9 - Conic Sections, Sequences, and Series - 9.5 Series - 9.5 Exercises - Page 746: 11

Answer

$6+14+24+36+50+66+84+104=384$.

Work Step by Step

We need to sum the first eight terms of the sequence whose general term is $a_{n}=n^{2}+5n$. This yields $\sum\limits^{8}_{n=1}(n^{2}+5n)=[1^{2}+5(1)]+[2^{2}+5(2)]+[3^{2}+5(3)]+[4^{2}+5(4)]+[5^{2}+5(5)]+[6^{2}+5(6)]+[7^{2}+5(7)]+[8^{2}+5(8)]$ $=6+14+24+36+50+66+84+104$ $=384$
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