9231 P11 - Jun 2014 - Q2 - 5 marks
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Expand and simplify \((r+1)^{4}-r^{4}\).
Use the method of differences together with the standard results for \(\sum_{r=1}^{n} r\) and \(\sum_{r=1}^{n} r^{2}\) to show that
\(\sum_{r=1}^{n} r^{3}=\frac{1}{4} n^{2}(n+1)^{2} .\)
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