Q. Find the sum of the first 9 terms of the following series, to the nearest integer.4,6,9,…Answer:
Determine Type: Determine if the series is arithmetic or geometric.The series does not have a common difference or a common ratio between terms, so it is neither a standard arithmetic nor a geometric series. However, we can observe that each term seems to be increasing by a factor that itself increases by 1 each time. This suggests that the series is neither arithmetic nor geometric, but we can still calculate the sum by finding a pattern or rule for the series.
Find Pattern: Find the pattern or rule for the series.The first term is 4. To get the second term, we add 2 (4+2=6). To get the third term, we add 3 to the second term (6+3=9). It seems that with each step, we are adding an incrementally increasing integer starting from 2. Let's continue this pattern to find the next six terms.
Calculate Next Terms: Calculate the next six terms using the pattern.4th term: 9+4=135th term: 13+5=186th term: 18+6=247th term: 24+7=318th term: 31+8=399th term: 39+9=48Now we have all nine terms: 4,6,9,13,18,24,31,39,48.
Sum All Terms: Sum all the terms to find the total sum of the first 9 terms.Sum = 4+6+9+13+18+24+31+39+48Sum = 192
Round Sum: Round the sum to the nearest integer if necessary.The sum is already an integer, so no rounding is necessary.