VIT Engineering VIT Engineering Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    If \[\Delta \left( r \right)=\left| \begin{matrix}    r & {{r}^{3}}  \\    1 & n\left( n+1 \right)  \\ \end{matrix} \right|,\] then \[\sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{\Delta \left( r \right)}\] is equal to

    A) \[\sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{{{r}^{2}}}\]                       

    B) \[\sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{{{r}^{3}}}\]

    C) \[\sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{r}\]                      

    D) \[\sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{{{r}^{4}}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Given           \[\Delta \left( r \right)=\left| \begin{matrix}    r & {{r}^{3}}  \\    1 & n\left( n+1 \right)  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] \[{{T}_{1/2}}=4.47\times {{10}^{8}}yr\]       \[\sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{\Delta \left( r \right)=\left| \begin{matrix}    \sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{r} & \sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{{{r}^{3}}}  \\    1 & n\left( n+1 \right)  \\ \end{matrix} \right|}\]                     \[=\left| \begin{matrix}    \frac{n\left( n+1 \right)}{2} & \frac{{{[n\left( n+1 \right)]}^{2}}}{4}  \\    1 & n\left( n+1 \right)  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]                    \[=\frac{{{[n\left( n+1 \right)]}^{2}}}{2}-\frac{{{[n\left( n+1 \right)]}^{2}}}{4}\]                           \[{{\left[ \frac{n\left( n+1 \right)}{2} \right]}^{2}}=\sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{{{r}^{3}}}\]


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