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The question:

Let S_1 be the sum of all square numbers between 1 and 10,000 (inclusive)
Let S_2 be the sum of all cube numbers between 1 and 10,000 (inclusive)

Let X be the sum of all square and cube numbers between 1 and 10,000 (inclusive)

Determine if X = S_1 + S_2

My proposed answer:
No, as X does not include all the double counted numbers i.e. powers of 6 - The question asks to prove it algebraically - Note I'd never encountered summation formulae for things like this but I looked at the formula booklet for my exam board and there are provided formulae - I suppose I'll just use the formula and find both results - Is this what anybody else would do? (As you obviously can't use arithmetic series as the requirements are violated)

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by イロハ
The question:
Let S_1 be the sum of all square numbers between 1 and 10,000 (inclusive)
Let S_2 be the sum of all cube numbers between 1 and 10,000 (inclusive)
Let X be the sum of all square and cube numbers between 1 and 10,000 (inclusive)
Determine if X = S_1 + S_2
My proposed answer:
No, as X does not include all the double counted numbers i.e. powers of 6 - The question asks to prove it algebraically - Note I'd never encountered summation formulae for things like this but I looked at the formula booklet for my exam board and there are provided formulae - I suppose I'll just use the formula and find both results - Is this what anybody else would do? (As you obviously can't use arithmetic series as the requirements are violated)

What level is this / can you post the full question? Id guess they dont want you to actually evaluate the summations and just write down, algebraically, the logic youve stated so 1, 64, ... are double counted on the right but only singly counted on the left ...

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