Question
Find the sum of the series whose $n^{th}$ term is: $2n^3 + 3n^2 - 1$

Answer

We have, $T_n = n^3 - 3n$ Let $S_n$ denote the sum of n terms of the series whose nth term is $T_n$. Then, Now, $\text{S}_\text{n}=\sum\limits^{\text{n}}_{\text{k}=1}\text{T}_\text{k}$ $\Rightarrow\text{S}_\text{n}=\sum\limits^{\text{n}}_{\text{k}=1}(\text{k}^3-3^\text{k})$ $\Rightarrow\text{S}_\text{n}=\sum\limits^{\text{n}}_{\text{k}=1}\text{k}^3-\sum\limits^{\text{n}}_{\text{k}=1}3\text{k}$ $\Rightarrow\text{S}_\text{n}=\frac{\text{n}^2(\text{n}+1)^2}{4}-(3+3^2+3^3+3^4+\ ....\ +3^{\text{n}})$ $\Rightarrow\text{S}_\text{n}=\frac{\text{n}^2(\text{n}+1)^2}{4}-\Big[\frac{3(3^{\text{n}}-1)}{3-1}\Big]$ $\Rightarrow\text{S}_\text{n}=\frac{\text{n}^2(\text{n}+1)^2}{4}-\frac{3}{2}(3^{\text{n}}-1)$

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