Exercise (1.2.a) Find the sum of the following.

7
1. ∑ k−1
k =1
= (1 – 1) + (2 - 1) + (3 – 1) + (4 – 1) + (5 – 1) + (6 – 1) + (7 – 1)
=0+1+2+3+ 4+ 5+6
=21 ans.

15
1
2. ∑ n+1
n =2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
= + + + + + + + + +
2+ 1 3+1 4 +1 5+1 6 +1 7+1 8+ 1 9+1 10+1
1 1 1 1 1
+ + + +
11+1 12+1 13+1 14 +1 15+1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
= + + + + + + + + + + + + +
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
= 1.88 ans.

7
3. ∑ √❑
j=4
=√ ❑ + √ ❑ + √ ❑ + √ ❑
= √❑ + √❑ + √❑ + √❑
= 12.57 ans.

10 n
4. ∑ 2n2+1
n =1

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 210
= + + + + + + + + +
21+1 22+1 23+ 1 24 +1 25+ 1 26+ 1 27+ 1 28+ 1 29+ 1 210+1
2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024
= + + + + + + + + +
3 5 9 17 33 65 129 257 513 1025
= 9.24 ans.

10
5. ∑ p−2
p=3
p=1
1−2 2−2 3−2 4−2 5−2 6−2 7−2 8−2 9−2 10−2
= + + + + + + + + +
1+ 3 2+3 3+3 4 +3 5+3 6+3 7+3 8+3 9+3 10+3
 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
= + + + + + + + + +
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
= 3.27 ans.

Exercise (1.2.b) Find the sum of the following.

15
1. ∑ (1−2 i)
i=2

= ( 1−2 ( 2 ) ) + (1−2(3)) + (1−2(4)) + (1−2(5)) +(1−2(6)) + (1−2(7)) +

(1−2(8)) + (1−(9)) + (1−2(10)) + (1−2(11)) + (1−2(12)) + (1−2 ( 13 ) ) +
(1−2(14)) + (1−2(15))
= -3 + -5 + -7 + -9 + -11 + -13 + -15 + -17 + -19 + -21 + -23 + -25 +
-27 + -29
= -224 ans.

10
2. ∑ ( m1 − m+1 1 )
m=1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
=( + ¿+( + ¿+( + ¿+( + ¿+( + ¿+( + ¿+
1 1+ 1 2 2+1 3 3+1 4 4 +1 5 5+1 6 6+ 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
( + ¿+( + ¿+( + ¿+( + ¿
7 7+1 8 8+1 9 9+ 1 10 10+1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
=( + ) + ( + ) + ( + ) +
1 2 2 3 3 4 ( )
+ +( + )+( + )+( + )+
4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8
+ +
8 9 ( )
1 1 1 1
( + )+( + )
9 10 10 11
3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21
= + + + + + + + + +
2 6 12 20 30 42 56 72 90 110
= 4.95 ans.

5
3. ∑ (m2−3 m+ 4)
m=0

= (0 2−3(0)+4 ) + (12−3 (1)+ 4) + (22−3 (2)+ 4) + (32 −3(3)+ 4) + ( 42−3(4 )+ 4 ) +

(52−3(5)+ 4)
= 4 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 14
= 34 ans.
 7
4. ∑ (−1 )k 4k +1)
k =1

= (−1 )1 4 1+1 ¿ + (−1 )2 4 2+1) + (−1 )3 4 3+1) + (−1 )4 44 +1) + (−1 )5 4 5+1) + (−1 )6 4 6+1) +
(−1 )7 4 7+1)
= (-1)16) + (-1) 64) + (-1) 256) + (-1) 1024) + (-1) 4096) + (-1) 16384) +
(-1) 65536)
=-16 + -64 + -256 + -1024 + -4096 + -16382 + -65536
= 43698 ans.
6
5. ∑ πk
k=0
=3.14(0) + 3.14(1) + 3.14(2) + 3.14(3) + 3.14(4) + 3.14(5) + 3.14(6)
= 0 + 3.14 + 6.28 + 9.42 + 12.56 + 15.7 + 18.84
= 65.94 ans.