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Q.

The polynomial P(x) is defined by

P(x)=x+2x2++nxn2=a0+a1x++a2nx2n

If an+1+an+2++a2n=n(n+1)5n2+5n+2k.

Then the value of k is

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answer is 24.

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Detailed Solution

One approach is simply to expand, express the coefficients in the sum in terms of n, and simply add them. This will work, but we will opt for a slightly cleaner solution.

First note that

We now subtract off the undesired terms.
For 1kn, by matching the coefficients on both sides of the definition of P, we have

ak=1·(k-1)+2:(k-2)++(k-1)·1=16k3-k,

implying

a0+a1++an=16k=1nk3-k=124n(n+1)n2+n-2

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