Found problems: 173
In a geometric series of positive terms the difference between the fifth and fourth terms is $576$, and the difference between the second and first terms is $9$. What is the sum of the first five terms of this series?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 1061 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1023 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 1024 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 768 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these} $
The polynomial \[P(x)=(1+x+x^2+\cdots+x^{17})^2-x^{17}\] has 34 complex roots of the form $z_k=r_k[\cos(2\pi a_k)+i\sin(2\pi a_k)], k=1, 2, 3,\ldots, 34$, with $0<a_1\le a_2\le a_3\le\cdots\le a_{34}<1$ and $r_k>0$. Given that $a_1+a_2+a_3+a_4+a_5=m/n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m+n$.
The expression $16^n+4^n+1$ is equiavalent to the expression $(2^{p(n)}-1)/(2^{q(n)}-1)$ for all positive integers $n>1$ where $p(n)$ and $q(n)$ are functions and $\tfrac{p(n)}{q(n)}$ is constant. Find $p(2006)-q(2006)$.
Let $u$ and $v$ be real numbers such that
\[ (u + u^2 + u^3 + \cdots + u^8) + 10u^9 = (v + v^2 + v^3 + \cdots + v^{10}) + 10v^{11} = 8. \]
Determine, with proof, which of the two numbers, $u$ or $v$, is larger.
Let $F(0)=0$, $F(1)=\frac32$, and $F(n)=\frac{5}{2}F(n-1)-F(n-2)$
for $n\ge2$.
Determine whether or not $\displaystyle{\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\,
\frac{1}{F(2^n)}}$ is a rational number.
(Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Eindhoven University of Technology)
(1) For integer $n=0,\ 1,\ 2,\ \cdots$ and positive number $a_{n},$ let $f_{n}(x)=a_{n}(x-n)(n+1-x).$ Find $a_{n}$ such that the curve $y=f_{n}(x)$ touches to the curve $y=e^{-x}.$
(2) For $f_{n}(x)$ defined in (1), denote the area of the figure bounded by $y=f_{0}(x), y=e^{-x}$ and the $y$-axis by $S_{0},$ for $n\geq 1,$ the area of the figure bounded by $y=f_{n-1}(x),\ y=f_{n}(x)$ and $y=e^{-x}$ by $S_{n}.$ Find $\lim_{n\to\infty}(S_{0}+S_{1}+\cdots+S_{n}).$
Consider infinite sequences $\{x_n\}$ of positive reals such that $x_0=1$ and $x_0\ge x_1\ge x_2\ge\ldots$.
[b]a)[/b] Prove that for every such sequence there is an $n\ge1$ such that: \[ {x_0^2\over x_1}+{x_1^2\over x_2}+\ldots+{x_{n-1}^2\over x_n}\ge3.999. \]
[b]b)[/b] Find such a sequence such that for all $n$: \[ {x_0^2\over x_1}+{x_1^2\over x_2}+\ldots+{x_{n-1}^2\over x_n}<4. \]
Find all polynomials with real coefficients such that one can find an integer valued series $a_0, a_1, \dots$ satisfying $\lfloor P(x) \rfloor = a_{ \lfloor x^2 \rfloor}$ for all $x$ real numbers.
The sum of the first 2011 terms of a geometric series is 200. The sum of the first 4022 terms of the same series is 380. Find the sum of the first 6033 terms of the series.
For geometric series $(a_n)$ with all items real, if $S_{10}=10,S_{30}=70$, then $S_{40}=$
$\text{(A)}150\qquad\text{(B)}-200\qquad\text{(C)}150\text{ or }-200\qquad\text{(D)}-50\text{ or }400$
Note: $S_n=\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_i$.
Let $ f(r) \equal{} \sum_{j \equal{} 2}^{2008} \frac {1}{j^r} \equal{} \frac {1}{2^r} \plus{} \frac {1}{3^r} \plus{} \dots \plus{} \frac {1}{2008^r}$. Find $ \sum_{k \equal{} 2}^{\infty} f(k)$.
In $\triangle ABC$, if $A,B,C$ are geometric series, and $b^2-a^2=ac$, then $B=$________.
Suppose that \[\sum_{i=1}^{982} 7^{i^2}\] can be expressed in the form $983q + r$, where $q$ and $r$ are integers and $0 \leq r \leq 492$. Find $r$.
[i]Author: Alex Zhu[/i]
Let $ s$ be the limiting sum of the geometric series $ 4\minus{} \frac83 \plus{} \frac{16}{9} \minus{} \dots$, as the number of terms increases without bound. Then $ s$ equals:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{a number between 0 and 1} \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 2.4 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 2.5 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 3.6 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 12$
Echo the gecko starts on the point $(0, 0)$ in the 2D coordinate plane. Every minute, starting at the end of the first minute, he'll teleport $1$ unit up, left, right, or down with equal probability. Echo dies the moment he lands on a point that is more than $1$ unit away from the origin. The average number of minutes he'll live can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.
[i]Team #2[/i]
Let $a<b<c$ be three integers such that $a,b,c$ is an arithmetic progression and $a,c,b$ is a geometric progression. What is the smallest possible value of $c$?
$\textbf{(A) }-2\qquad
\textbf{(B) }1\qquad
\textbf{(C) }2\qquad
\textbf{(D) }4\qquad
\textbf{(E) }6\qquad$
A sequence of three real numbers forms an arithmetic progression with a first term of $ 9$. If $ 2$ is added to the second term and $ 20$ is added to the third term, the three resulting numbers form a geometric progression. What is the smallest possible value for the third term of the geometric progression?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 4\qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 36\qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 49\qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 81$
Evaluate
$$\lim_{n\to \infty} \sum_{j=1}^{n^{2}} \frac{n}{n^2 +j^2 }.$$
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find the value of the following sum \[\sum_{(n)}\sum_{k=1}^n {e_k2^{e_1+\cdots+e_k-2k-n}},\] where $e_k\in\{0,1\}$ for $1\leq k \leq n$, and the sum $\sum_{(n)}$ is taken over all $2^n$ possible choices of $e_1,\ldots ,e_n$.
For each $x$ with $|x|<1$, compute the sum of the series
$$1+4x+9x^2+\ldots+n^2x^{n-1}+\ldots.$$
Calculate $ \sum_{i=2}^{\infty}\frac{i^2-2}{i!} . $
Jordan has an infinite geometric series of positive reals whose sum is equal to $2\sqrt2 + 2$. It turns out that if Jordan squares each term of his geometric series and adds up the resulting numbers, he get a sum equal to $4$. If Jordan decides to take the fourth power of each term of his original geometric series and add up the resulting numbers, what sum will he get?
Let $z$ be a complex number satisfying $(z+\tfrac{1}{z})(z+\tfrac{1}{z}+1)=1$. Evaluate $(3z^{100}+\tfrac{2}{z^{100}}+1)(z^{100}+\tfrac{2}{z^{100}}+3)$.
If $X=1+x+x^2+x^3+\cdots$ and $Y=1+y+y^2+y^3+\cdots$, what is $1+xy+x^2y^2+x^3y^3+\cdots$ in terms of $X$ and $Y$ only?
Given a positive integer $N$. Prove that
\[\sum_{m=1}^N \sum_{n=1}^N \frac{1}{mn^2+m^2n+2mn}<\frac{7}{4}.\]
[i]Proposed by tan-1[/i]