Mathematics · Sequence and Series

JEE Main 2025 — 28 January, Evening Shift — Question 13

For positive integers nn, if 4an=(n2+5n+6)4 a_{n}=\left(n^{2}+5 n+6\right) and Sn=∑k=1n(1ak)\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{n}}=\sum_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{\mathrm{n}}\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{k}}}\right), then the value of 507 S2025507 \mathrm{~S}_{2025} is :

  1. Option A:

    540

  2. Option B:

    1350

  3. Option C:

    675

    Correct
  4. Option D:

    135

Answer: C

Step-by-step solution

an=n2+5n+64a_{n}=\frac{n^{2}+5 n+6}{4}

Sn=Sn=∑k=1n1ak=∑1n4k2+5k+6=4∑k=1n1(k+2)(k+3)=4∑k=1n1k+2−1k+3=4(13−14)+4(14−15)+……..\begin{aligned} \mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{n}} & =\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{n}}=\sum_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{\mathrm{n}} \frac{1}{\mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{k}}}=\sum_{1}^{\mathrm{n}} \frac{4}{\mathrm{k}^{2}+5 \mathrm{k}+6} \\& =4 \sum_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{\mathrm{n}} \frac{1}{(\mathrm{k}+2)(\mathrm{k}+3)} \\& =4 \sum_{\mathrm{k}=1}^{\mathrm{n}} \frac{1}{\mathrm{k}+2}-\frac{1}{\mathrm{k}+3} \\& =4\left(\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{4}\right)+4\left(\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{5}\right)+\ldots \ldots . .\end{aligned}

4(1n+2−1n+3)=4(13−1n+3)=4n3(n+3)507S2025=(507)(4)(2025)3(2028)=675\begin{array}{r} 4\left(\frac{1}{n+2}-\frac{1}{n+3}\right) =4\left(\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{n+3}\right) =\frac{4 n}{3(n+3)}\\ { }{507} S_{2025}=\frac{(507)(4)(2025)}{3(2028)} =675 \end{array}.

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Exam
JEE Main 2025
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Sequence and Series
Topic
Telescopic Summation