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n=1/1+2 + 1/1+2+3 + ...... + 1/1+2+3+....+2014 + 2/2015, n=?

 

\(\begin{array}{|rcll|} \hline n &=& \frac{1}{1+2}+\frac{1}{1+2+3}+\frac{1}{1+2+3+4} + \ldots + \frac{1}{1+2+3+\ldots+2013} + \frac{1}{1+2+3+\ldots+2014} + \frac{2}{2015} \\ \hline \end{array} \)

 

 

\(\begin{array}{rcll} n &=& \frac{1}{1+2}+\frac{1}{1+2+3}+\frac{1}{1+2+3+4} + \ldots + \frac{1}{1+2+3+\ldots+2013} + \frac{1}{1+2+3+\ldots+2014} + \frac{2}{2015} \\ &=& \frac{1}{\left(\frac{1+2}{2}\right)\cdot 2} +\frac{1}{\left(\frac{1+3}{2}\right)\cdot 3} +\frac{1}{\left(\frac{1+4}{2}\right)\cdot 4} + \ldots + \frac{1}{\left(\frac{1+2013}{2}\right)\cdot 2013} + \frac{1}{\left(\frac{1+2014}{2}\right)\cdot 2014} + \frac{2}{2015} \\ &=& \frac{2}{2\cdot 3} +\frac{2}{3\cdot 4} +\frac{2}{4\cdot 5} + \ldots + \frac{2}{2013\cdot 2014} + \frac{2}{2014\cdot 2015} + \frac{2}{2015} \\ &=& 2\times \Big( \frac{1}{2015} + \frac{1}{2\cdot 3} +\frac{1}{3\cdot 4} +\frac{1}{4\cdot 5} + \ldots + \frac{1}{2013\cdot 2014} + \frac{1}{2014\cdot 2015} \Big)\\\\ && \mathbf{\frac{1}{a\cdot (a+1)} = \frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{a+1}} \\\\ &=& 2\times \Big[ \frac{1}{2015} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3}\right) +\left(\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{4}\right) +\left(\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{5}\right) + \ldots \\ && + \left(\frac{1}{2013}-\frac{1}{2014}\right) + \left(\frac{1}{2014}-\frac{1}{2015}\right) \Big] \\\\ &=& 2\times \Big[ \frac{1}{2015} + \frac12+ \underbrace{\left(-\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{3}\right)}_{=0} +\underbrace{\left(-\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{4}\right) }_{=0} +\underbrace{\left(-\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{5}\right)}_{=0} + \ldots \\ && + \underbrace{\left(-\frac{1}{2013}+\frac{1}{2013}\right)}_{=0} + \underbrace{\left(-\frac{1}{2014}+\frac{1}{2014}\right)}_{=0} -\frac{1}{2015} \Big] \\\\ &=& 2\times \left(\frac{1}{2015}+ \frac12 -\frac{1}{2015} \right) \\\\ &=& 2\times \left(\frac12 \right) \\\\ &\mathbf{=}& \mathbf{1} \\ \end{array}\)

 

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