It can be easily shown that the summation $$\sum_{i=0}^n \sum_{j=0}^i (i+j)\tag{*}$$ is equivalent to $$\frac 12 n(n+1)(n+2)$$ which can also be written as $$3\binom {n+2}3$$
This is the same result as the summation $$3\sum_{i=0}^n\sum_{j=0}^ij\tag{**}$$
Is it possible to transform summation $(*)$ to summation $(**)$ directly without first working out the closed form?