Please help me with this problem from my geometry:((
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Answer:
Bryce is wrong in step 1 because he did not distribute 3 over 5/3
Explanation
Given the steps taken by bryce as shown, we are to find where he made an error
Given the expression;
Step 1:Expand the bracket using the distributive law;
8/3 = 3c + 3(5/3)
<em>Simplify</em>
8/3 = 3c + 15/3
Step 2: Subtract 15/3 from both sides
8/3 - 15/3 = 3c+15/3-15/3
(8-15)/3 = 3c
-7/3 = 3c
Step 3: Multiply both sides by 1/3
-7/3 * 1/3 = 3c * 1/3
-7/9 = c
Swap
c = -7/9
From the calculation, we can see that Bryce is wrong in step 1 because he did not distribute 3 over 5/3 thereby making his solution incorrect
Suppose
At the same time, we can write
Note that (just reverse the sum). Let's pair the first terms of
and
, and the second, and the third, and so on:
Now, each grouped term in the sum on the right side adds to 151. There are 52 grouped terms on that same side (because there are 50 numbers in the range of integers 51-100, plus 50 and 101), which menas
But , as we pointed out, so