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The sum
(12)+(12+22)+(12+22+32)\left( 1^{2} \right) + \left( 1^{2} + 2^{2} \right) + \left( 1^{2} + 2^{2} + 3^{2} \right).
Up to 10^th bracket is

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Tn=12+22+32+……..+n2T_{n} = 1^{2} + 2^{2} + 3^{2} + \ldots\ldots.. + n^{2}
Tn=n(n+1)(2n+1)6=2n3+3n2+n6T_{n} = \frac{n(n + 1)(2n + 1)}{6} = \frac{2n^{3} + 3n^{2} + n}{6}
Sn=∑Tn=16[2Σn3+3Σn2+Σn]S_{n} = \sum T_{n} = \frac{1}{6}\lbrack 2\Sigma n^{3} + 3\Sigma n^{2} + \Sigma n\rbrack
=16{2[n(n+1)2]2+3n(n+1)(2n+1)6+n(n+1)2}= \frac{1}{6}\{ 2{\lbrack\frac{n(n + 1)}{2}\rbrack}^{2} + \frac{3n(n + 1)(2n + 1)}{6} + \frac{n(n + 1)}{2}\}
Sn=n(n+1)2(n+2)12S_{n} = \frac{n(n + 1)^{2}(n + 2)}{12}

Source: Grass-G / M-16 Mathematics Paper 25 Nov First.docx

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