Find the sum to n term of $\frac{1}{1\cdot2\cdot3} + \frac{3}{2\cdot3\cdot4} + \frac{5}{3\cdot4\cdot5} + \frac{7}{4\cdot5\cdot6 } + … $

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$$\frac{1}{1\cdot2\cdot3} + \frac{3}{2\cdot3\cdot4} + \frac{5}{3\cdot4\cdot5} + \frac{7}{4\cdot5\cdot6 } + … $$

$$=\sum \limits_{k=1}^{n} \frac{2k-1}{k\cdot(k+1)\cdot(k+2)}$$ $$= \sum \limits_{k=1}^{n} – \frac{1}{2}\cdot k + \sum \limits_{k=1}^{n} \frac{3}{k+1} – \sum \limits_{k=1}^{n}\frac{5}{2\cdot(k+2)} $$

I do not know how to get a telescoping series from here to cancel terms.

Best Answer

HINT:

Note that we have

$$\begin{align} \frac{2k-1}{k(k+1)(k+2)}&=\color{blue}{\frac{3}{k+1}}-\frac{5/2}{k+2}-\frac{1/2}{k}\\\\ &=\color{blue}{\frac12}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{k+1}}-\frac1k\right)+\color{blue}{\frac52}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{1}{k+1}}-\frac{1}{k+2}\right) \end{align}$$