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.
The addition property of equality. It says that if you add the same number to each side of the equation, the two sides of the equation will be equal. In this case, the number 8 was added to each side.
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