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: 11

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

There are n terms in the sum (we don't know n yet) Each term has the same form: $[(\displaystyle \frac{2k}{n})^{3}-(\frac{2k}{n})(\frac{2}{n})]$ with n and the last numerator,2, appearing in all the terms unchanged, The numerators 2k inside the brackets assume values $2,4,6,...2n$ $2(1),2(2),2(3),...,2\mathrm{n}$ 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 $(\displaystyle \frac{2}{n})$ can be factored out of each term of the sum Using k for indexing, Sum = $\displaystyle \frac{2}{n}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\left[\left(\frac{2k}{n}\right)^{3}-\left(\frac{2k}{n}\right)\right]$
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