@@ End of Day Wrap Mon 26 /1/15 Sydney, Australia Time 9:25 pm

How did you guess - It was a Public Holiday in Australia today. ![]()
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Australia Day marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove.
(Well the first boat anyway)
Now down to business.
There were a lot of questions and some very busy answerers today. Thank you Heureka, Sasini, CPhill, MsTeya, Saseflower, Newbie, Alan, SevenUP, and I think I just saw a pop-up for Nauseated.
And the cheer goes out.

Now for the interest Posts
1) A challenging surd simplification. Thanks Melody and Heureka (Heureka's answer is better)
2) Difficult Trig Proof Melody
3) Sum of a GP CPhill's suggestion. My answer.
4) Chess board number Puzzle Thanks Chris
5) Difficult Sum of an Infinite Series Melody
6) What is a hyperbolic Tangent? Thanks for the link anon.
7) Another GP question with a twist. Melody
8) Planet velocities Thanks SevenUP
9) A touch more of physics Thanks Alan
10) There are many ways to compute a sum
Heureka, Melody and CPhill
And now it is time to relax - Australian style. LOL

♫♪ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♬ MELODY ♬ ♬ ♫♪ ♪ ♫
Tues 27/1/15
1) Chris's retort was great - I had not heard this saying before. Thanks Chris
2) Yesterday was also Republic Day for India! Thanks for that info Rosala.
3) Finding the point on a line that is closest to a given circle Recommended by Chris
Thanks Chris and Alan ![]()
4) What is the difference between tan and inverse tan? Thanks Chris
5) This difficult series question was included yesterday but interest in it has not waned. ![]()
Thanks Melody, Heureka, Alan and Chris ![]()
6) This series question looks both interesting and difficult. Thanks Heureka
7) A touch of probablility Thanks Alan and Melody
8) Midpoint of a chord created when circle and line intersect. Melody
9) Limits Thanks Chris and Heureka
♫♪ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♬ MELODY ♬ ♬ ♫♪ ♪ ♫
Alpha writes the infinite arithmetic sequence
Beta writes the infinite geometric sequence
Gamma makes a sequence whose
term is the product of the
term of Alpha's sequence and the
term of Beta's sequence:
What is the sum of Gamma's entire sequence ?
$$\\\small{\text{
Sequence alpha:
$ a_n = a_1 + (n-1)*d = (a_1-d) + n*d
\quad a_1=10$ and $d=8-10=a_{n+1}-a_n=-2$
}}\\
\small{\text{
Sequence beta:
$ b_n = b_1 *r^{n-1} \quad b_1=9$ and $r=\frac{6}{9}=\frac{b_{n+1}}{b_n}=\frac{2}{3}$
}}$\\\\$
\small{\text{
Sequence gamma :
$ g_n = a_n*b_n = b_1 *r^{n-1} [(a_1-d) + n*d]
$
}}\\
\small{\text{
$ \boxed{ g_n = \underbrace{ \left[ b_1(a_1-d) \right] *r^{n-1} }_{sum\ = \dfrac{b_1(a_1-d)}{1-r} } \ +\ b_1d* n r^{n-1} }
$ The sequence of Gamma has two parts.
}}$\\\\$
\small{\text{
The sum of the first part $ \left[ b_1(a_1-d) \right] *r^{n-1} $ is the sum of a geometric sequence $
= \frac{ b_1(a_1-d)}{1-r}
$
}}$\\\\$
\small{\text{
The sum s of the second part $ b_1d* n r^{n-1} $ is:
}} \\
\begin{array}{rcrrrrr}
s & = & (b_1d) * 1 * r^0 +&
(b_1d)* 2 * r^1 \ + &(b_1d) * 3 * r^2 \ +&(b_1d) * 4 * r^3 \ + &(b_1d) * 5 * r^4 \ + \dots \\
r*s & = & & (b_1d)* 1 * r^1 \ + &(b_1d) * 2 * r^2 \ +&(b_1d) * 3 * r^3 \ + &(b_1d) * 4 * r^4 \ + \dots \\
\hline
s-r*s & = & (b_1*d) \ + & (b_1d)*r^1 \ + &(b_1d)*r^2 \ +&(b_1d)*r^3 \ +&(b_1d)*r^4 \ + \dots \\
\end{array}\\
\small{\text{
$
s-r*s = \underbrace{ (b_1*d) \ + (b_1d)*r^1 \ + (b_1d)*r^2 \ +(b_1d)*r^3 \ +(b_1d)*r^4 \ + \dots }_{\text{sum of a geometric sequence }\ = \frac{b_1d}{1-r} }
$
} $\\$
\small{\text{
$
s-r*s = \frac{b_1d}{1-r}
$
}}$\\$
\small{\text{
$
s(1-r) = \frac{b_1d}{1-r}
$
}}$\\\\$
\small{\text{
$
s = \dfrac{b_1d}{(1-r)^2}
$
}}$\\\\$
\small{\text{
The sum of Gamma's sequence
$ = \dfrac{b_1(a_1-d)}{1-r} \ + \dfrac{b_1d}{(1-r)^2}
$
}}$\\\\$
\small{\text{
$ = \left( \dfrac{b_1}{1-r} \right) * \left[ (a_1-d)+\dfrac{d}{(1-r)} \right]
$
}}$$
$$\small{\text{
The sum of Gamma's sequence
$ = \left(
\dfrac{ 9 }{ 1 - \frac{2}{3} }
\right) *
\left[ (10-(-2))+ \dfrac{ (-2) } { 1 - \frac{2}{3} }
\right] $
}}\\
\small{\text{
$ = 9*3 *(12-2*3) = 27*6 = 162
$
}}$$
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