Question 0521

Sigma Notation
2021 Paper 1 Question 5 Variant

Question

(a)
Express
x+1(x+3)(x+4)(x+5)\frac{x + 1}{(x + 3)(x + 4)(x + 5)}
in partial fractions.
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(b)
Hence find, in terms of n,{n,}
r=1nr+1(r+3)(r+4)(r+5).\sum_{r=1}^n \frac{r + 1}{(r + 3)(r + 4)(r + 5)}.
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(c)
State the value of
r=1r+1(r+3)(r+4)(r+5).\sum_{r=1}^\infty \frac{r + 1}{(r + 3)(r + 4)(r + 5)}.
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