Answer: The Answer is "less than"
Step-by-step explanation:
To find the sum of a series, you find the difference between the first and last term, multiply that by the number of terms, then divide by 2.
For the even numbers, 2 is the first term and 200 is the 100th term (because 2+(100-1)2 is equal to 200). So, (100(2+202)/2 = 10100.
For the odd numbers, 1 is the first term and 201 is the 101th term (because 1+(101-1)2 is equal to 201). So, (101(1+202))/2 = 10251.5.
10100<10251.5 so the sum of the first 100 even numbers is less than the sum of the first odd 101 numbers.
