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$\ \sum_{n = 1}^{10}\mspace{2mu}\left( \frac{528}{n(n + 1)(n + 2)} \right)$ is equal to :
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Sol. [Key Concept: Telescope $T_{n} = \frac{1}{2}(\frac{1}{n(n + 1)} - \frac{1}{(n + 1)(n + 2)})$, sum, then multiply by $528$.]
Let $\sum_{n = 1}^{10}\mspace{2mu}\frac{528}{n(n + 1)(n + 2)} = \lambda$
Let $T_{n} = \frac{1}{n(n + 1)(n + 2)}$
$${T_{n} = \frac{1}{2}\left\{ \frac{(n + 2) - n}{n(n + 1)(n + 2)} \right\} }{T_{n} = \frac{1}{2}\left\{ \frac{1}{n(n + 1)} - \frac{1}{(n + 1)(n + 2)} \right\} }{T_{1} = \frac{1}{2}\left\{ \frac{1}{1.2} - \frac{1}{2.3} \right\} }{T_{2} = \frac{1}{2}\left\{ \frac{1}{2.3} - \frac{1}{3.4} \right\} }$$⋮
$${T_{10} = \frac{1}{2}\left\{ \frac{1}{10.11} - \frac{1}{11.12} \right\} }{S_{n} = \frac{1}{2}\left\lbrack \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{132} \right\rbrack }{S_{n} = \frac{1}{2}\left\lbrack \frac{66 - 1}{132} \right\rbrack = \frac{65}{264} }$$So, $\lambda = \frac{65}{264} \times 528$
$$\lambda = 130 $$
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