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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 8. sequence and series

The value of \(1^3 - 2^3 + 3^3 - \ldots + 15^3\) is:

  1. A \(1706\)
  2. B \(1856\)
  3. C \(1982\)
  4. D \(2403\)
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(B) \(1856\)

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The given series is \(S = 1^3 - 2^3 + 3^3 - 4^3 + \ldots + 15^3\). This can be rewritten as the sum of all cubes up to \(15\) minus twice the sum of cubes of even numbers up to \(14\): \(S = (1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 + \ldots + 15^3) - 2(2^3 + 4^3 + 6^3 + \ldots + 14^3)\)…
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