Difference between revisions of "2023 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 12"

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What is the value of $2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 6^3 - 5^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3?$

$\textbf{(A) } 2023 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2679 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2941 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 3159 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 3235$

To solve this problem, we will be using difference of cube, sum of squares and sum of arithmetic sequence formulas

$2^3-1^3+4^3-3^3+6^3-5^3+...+18^3-17^3$

$=(2-1)(2^2+1 \cdot 2+1^2)+(4-3)(4^2+4 \cdot 3+3^2)+(6-5)(6^2+6 \cdot 5+5^2)+...+(18-17)(18^2+18 \cdot 17+17^2)$

$=(2^2+1 \cdot 2+1^2)+(4^2+4 \cdot 3+3^2)+(6^2+6 \cdot 5+5^2)+...+(18^2+18 \cdot 17+17^2)$

$=1^2+2^2+3^2+4^2+5^2+6^2...+17^2+18^2+1 \cdot 2+3 \cdot 4+5 \cdot 6+...+17 \cdot 18$

$=\frac{18(18+1)(36+1)}{6}+1 \cdot 2+3 \cdot 4+5 \cdot 6+...+17 \cdot 18$

we could rewrite the second part as $(2n-1)(2n), (1 \leq n \leq 9)$ (2n-1)(2n)=4n^2-2n

$4n^2=4(\frac{9(9+1)(18+1)}{6})$ $-2n=-2(\frac{9(9+1)}{2})$

Hence,

$1 \cdot 2+3 \cdot 4+5 \cdot 6+...+17 \cdot 18$ $=4(\frac{9(9+1)(18+1)}{6})-2(\frac{9(9+1)}{2})$

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 <math>=1^2+2^2+3^2+4^2+5^2+6^2...+17^2+18^2+1 \cdot 2+3 \cdot 4+5 \cdot 6+...+17 \cdot 18</math>
+<math>=\frac{18(18+1)(36+1)}{6}+1 \cdot 2+3 \cdot 4+5 \cdot 6+...+17 \cdot 18</math>
+we could rewrite the second part as <math>(2n-1)(2n), (1 \leq n \leq 9)
+</math>(2n-1)(2n)=4n^2-2n
+<math>4n^2=4(\frac{9(9+1)(18+1)}{6})</math> <math>-2n=-2(\frac{9(9+1)}{2})</math>
+Hence,
+<math>1 \cdot 2+3 \cdot 4+5 \cdot 6+...+17 \cdot 18</math>
+<math>=4(\frac{9(9+1)(18+1)}{6})-2(\frac{9(9+1)}{2})</math>
 ==See also==
 {{AMC12 box|year=2023|ab=A|num-b=11|num-a=13}}
 {{MAA Notice}}