start
to end
(both inclusive).range()
in combination with a list comprehension to create a list of elements in the desired range raised to the given power
.sum()
to add the values together.power
, to use a default power of 2
.start
, to use a default starting value of 1
.def sum_of_powers(end, power = 2, start = 1): return sum([(i) ** power for i in range(start, end + 1)])
sum_of_powers(10) # 385 sum_of_powers(10, 3) # 3025 sum_of_powers(10, 3, 5) # 2925
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