Worked Examples

SUMMATION NOTATION
Produced by the Maths Learning Centre,
The University of Adelaide.
August 24, 2015

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Questions
1. See Page 2 for worked solutions.
Calculate the following
! sums: 100
3
X X 3 X 99
X 101
X
p p
(a) mk (b) (2i − 1) (c) j− j−1
k=1 m=k i=51 j=4 j=6

2. See Page 4 for

P5worked solutions.
Given that i=1 ai = 7, 12
P P13
i=6 ai = 25 and i=2 bi = −4, calculate the
following sums:
12
X 12
X
(a) (1 − ai ) (b) (ai + 2bi+1 ) .
i=1 i=1

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Calculate the following
! sums: 100
X3 X 3 X 99
X 101
X
p p
(a) mk (b) (2i − 1) (c) j− j−1
k=1 m=k i=51 j=4 j=6

Link to video on YouTube

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P12list.
Given that i=1 ai = 7, i=6 ai = 25 and 13
5 P
i=2 bi = −4, calculate the
following sums:
12
X X12
(a) (1 − ai ) (b) (ai + 2bi+1 ) .
i=1 i=1
Link to video on YouTube