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Alright, I think I understand what you're saying. What about the first question with expressing 3^3 - 3^4 + 3^5 - ... - 3^100 as sigma notation? Is there a formula that could be used to acquire the expression for the sigma notation?

yes. n ∑ (i^2) = n(n+1)/2 i =1 How do I apply this? :S

Express this in sigma notation? 3^3 - 3^4 + 3^5 - ... - 3^100 Evaluate these two sigmas? n ∑ (i-2)^2 i =1 n ∑ (4-i^2) i =1 I don't really understand sigma notation so I'm really interested in the process and explanation of how to do it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!