Saturday, January 28, 2017

calculus - Find N given a sequence an




In the sequence {an}, an=a1+a2+...+an1n1,n3


If a1+a20 and the sum of the first N terms is 12(a1+a2), find N.




Kind of lost on where to start with this one. My initial thought was, Nn=3a1+a2+...+an1n1=12(a1+a2)

Nn=3a1+a2+...+an1n1=12(a1+a2)+13(a1+a2+a3)...
but someting seems wrong here, or I do not know where to go from here.


Answer



S2=a1+a2Sn=a1+a2++anan+1=a1++ann=SnnSn+1=Sn+Snn=n+1nSn=n+1nnn14332S2=n+12S2SN=N2S2=N(a1+a2)2



Also n3, an=a1+a22


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