Difference between revisions of "Mock AIME 3 Pre 2005 Problems/Problem 13"

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Let <math>S = \sum_{k = 0}^{2005}\dfrac{k^2}{2^k}\cdot{2005 \choose k} = \sum_{k = 1}^{2005}\dfrac{k^2}{2^k}\cdot{2005 \choose k}</math>. Let <math>W = \left(\dfrac{2}{3}\right)^{2005}S</math>. Then note that <math>(x + 1)^{2005} = \sum_{k = 0}^{2005} {2005 \choose k}x^k</math>, so taking the derivative and multiplying by <math>x</math> gives <math>2005x(x + 1)^{2004} = \sum_{k = 0}^{2005} k{2005 \choose k}x^k</math>. Taking the derivative and multiplying by <math>x</math> again gives <math>f(x) = 2005x(x + 1)^{2004} + (2005)(2004)x^2(x + 1)^{2003} = \sum_{k = 0}^{2005} k^2{2005 \choose k}x^k</math>. Now note that <math>f\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right) = S</math>. Then we get <math>W = \left(\dfrac{2}{3}\right)^{2005}S = \left(\dfrac{2}{3}\right)^{2005}\left(\dfrac{2005}{2}\left(\dfrac{3}{2}\right)^{2004} + (501)(2005)\left(\dfrac{3}{2}\right)^{2003}\right)</math>, so <math>W = \dfrac{2}{3}\cdot\dfrac{2005}{2} + \dfrac{668}{3}\cdot(2005) = 447115</math>, so <math>W \equiv \boxed{115} \pmod{1000}</math>.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{Mock AIME box|year=Pre 2005|n=3|num-b=12|num-a=14}}
 
{{Mock AIME box|year=Pre 2005|n=3|num-b=12|num-a=14}}

Revision as of 23:10, 24 April 2013

Problem

$13.$ Let $S$ denote the value of the sum

$\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)^{2005} \cdot \sum_{k=1}^{2005} \frac{k^2}{2^k} \cdot {2005 \choose k}$

Determine the remainder obtained when $S$ is divided by $1000$.

Solution

Let $S = \sum_{k = 0}^{2005}\dfrac{k^2}{2^k}\cdot{2005 \choose k} = \sum_{k = 1}^{2005}\dfrac{k^2}{2^k}\cdot{2005 \choose k}$. Let $W = \left(\dfrac{2}{3}\right)^{2005}S$. Then note that $(x + 1)^{2005} = \sum_{k = 0}^{2005} {2005 \choose k}x^k$, so taking the derivative and multiplying by $x$ gives $2005x(x + 1)^{2004} = \sum_{k = 0}^{2005} k{2005 \choose k}x^k$. Taking the derivative and multiplying by $x$ again gives $f(x) = 2005x(x + 1)^{2004} + (2005)(2004)x^2(x + 1)^{2003} = \sum_{k = 0}^{2005} k^2{2005 \choose k}x^k$. Now note that $f\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right) = S$. Then we get $W = \left(\dfrac{2}{3}\right)^{2005}S = \left(\dfrac{2}{3}\right)^{2005}\left(\dfrac{2005}{2}\left(\dfrac{3}{2}\right)^{2004} + (501)(2005)\left(\dfrac{3}{2}\right)^{2003}\right)$, so $W = \dfrac{2}{3}\cdot\dfrac{2005}{2} + \dfrac{668}{3}\cdot(2005) = 447115$, so $W \equiv \boxed{115} \pmod{1000}$.

See Also

Mock AIME 3 Pre 2005 (Problems, Source)
Preceded by
Problem 12
Followed by
Problem 14
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