Math, asked by roni16, 1 year ago

if we add 1234567....till 100 what will be the sum

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Answered by sam654
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5050 it is very easy
if you want you can check

roni16: how did you do
sam654: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + … + 98 + 99 + 100

Gauss noticed that if he was to split the numbers into two groups (1 to 50 and 51 to 100), he could add them together vertically to get a sum of 101.

1     + 2   + 3   + 4   + 5   + … + 48 + 49 + 50

100 + 99 + 98 + 97 + 96 + … + 53 + 52 + 51

1 + 100 = 101
2 + 99 = 101
3 + 98 = 101
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48 + 53 = 101
49 + 52 = 101
50 + 51 = 101

Gauss realized then that his final total would be 50(101) = 5050.
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