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1 year ago

1 − 2 + 3 −... + 99 Please solve!

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Lemur [1.5K]1 year ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

So you can think of this by grouping it like this:

(1-2) + (3-4) + (5-6) + ... + (97-98) + 99

which is equal to: (-1) + (-1) + (-1)... + (-1) + 99

(each group is equal to -1, and 99 won't have a pair since it's the last one)

then, find how many groups of -1 there are:

the groups start at 1 and end at 98, but there are two in each group, so 98/2 = 49. this means there are 49 groups.

so now, you know that there are 49 -1s, so 49 * (-1) = -49.

finally, you can't forget the extra 99 that didn't have a pair, so -49 + 99 = 50.

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