Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 4 - Integration - 4.2 Exercises - Page 263: 12

Answer

$\displaystyle \frac{3}{n}\sum_{k=1}^{n}[2(1+\frac{3k}{n})^{2}]$

Work Step by Step

There are n terms in the sum (we don't know n yet) Each term has the same form: $[2(1+\displaystyle \frac{3k}{n})^{2}(\frac{3}{n})]$ with the 2(1+... , the denominator n, and $(\displaystyle \frac{3}{n})$ appearing in all the terms unchanged, the numerators $3k$ assume values $3,6,9,...,3n$ $3(1),3(2),3(3),...,3\mathrm{n}$ So, each term varies as k varies from 1,2,3,...n. We still don't know n, but once it is known, it is constant throughout the sum, so the factor $(\displaystyle \frac{3}{n})$ can be factored out of each term of the sum Using k for indexing, Sum = $\displaystyle \frac{3}{n}\sum_{k=1}^{n}[2(1+\frac{3k}{n})^{2}]$
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