Question 13 Marks
Evaluate $\sum\limits^{13}_{\text{n}=1}\big(\text{i}^{\text{n}}+\text{i}^{\text{n}+1}\big),$ where $\text{n}\in\text{N}.$
Answer
View full question & answer→$\sum\limits^{13}_{\text{n}=1}\big(\text{i}^{\text{n}}+\text{i}^{\text{n}+1}\big)=\sum\limits^{13}_{\text{n}=1}(1+\text{i})\text{i}^{\text{n}}$
$=(1+\text{i})(\text{i}+\text{i}^2+\text{i}^3+\text{i}^4+\text{i}^5+\text{i}^6+\text{i}^7+\text{i}^8+\text{i}^9+\text{i}^{10}+\text{i}^{11}+\text{i}^{12}+\text{i}^{13})$
$=(1+\text{i})(\text{i}-1-\text{i}+1+\text{i}-1-\text{i}+1+\text{i}-1-\text{i}+1+\text{i})$
$=(1+\text{i})\text{i}=\text{i}+\text{i}^2=\text{i}-1$
$=(1+\text{i})(\text{i}+\text{i}^2+\text{i}^3+\text{i}^4+\text{i}^5+\text{i}^6+\text{i}^7+\text{i}^8+\text{i}^9+\text{i}^{10}+\text{i}^{11}+\text{i}^{12}+\text{i}^{13})$
$=(1+\text{i})(\text{i}-1-\text{i}+1+\text{i}-1-\text{i}+1+\text{i}-1-\text{i}+1+\text{i})$
$=(1+\text{i})\text{i}=\text{i}+\text{i}^2=\text{i}-1$
Alternative Answer
$\sum\limits^{13}_{\text{n}=1}\big(\text{i}^{\text{n}}+\text{i}^{\text{n}+1}\big)=\sum\limits^{13}_{\text{n}=1}(1+\text{i})\text{i}^{\text{n}}$
$=(1+\text{i})(\text{i}+\text{i}^2+\text{i}^3+\text{i}^4+\text{i}^5+\text{i}^6+\text{i}^7+\text{i}^8+\text{i}^9+\text{i}^{10}+\text{i}^{11}+\text{i}^{12}+\text{i}^{13})$
$=(1+\text{i})\frac{\text{i}(\text{i}^{{13}}-1)}{\text{i}-1}=(1+\text{i})\frac{\text{i}(\text{i}-1)}{\text{i}-1}=(1+\text{i})\text{i}=\text{i}+\text{i}^2=\text{i}-1$