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== Solution 2 == | == Solution 2 == | ||
− | + | Recall that the sum of the first <math>100</math> positive integers is <math>\sum^{100}_{k=1} k = \frac{101\cdot100}{2}=5050.</math> It follows that | |
− | <cmath> \sum^{100}_{i=1} \sum^{100}_{j=1} (i+j) | + | <cmath>\begin{align*} |
+ | \sum^{100}_{i=1} \sum^{100}_{j=1} (i+j) &= \sum^{100}_{i=1} \left(\sum^{100}_{j=1} i + \sum^{100}_{j=1} j\right) \\ | ||
+ | &= \sum^{100}_{i=1} (100i+5050) \\ | ||
+ | &= 100\sum^{100}_{i=1} i + \sum^{100}_{i=1} 5050 \\ | ||
+ | &= 100\cdot5050+5050\cdot100 \\ | ||
+ | &= \boxed{\textbf{(E) }1{,}010{,}000}. | ||
+ | \end{align*}</cmath> | ||
+ | ~Vfire ~MRENTHUSIASM | ||
== Solution 3 == | == Solution 3 == | ||
− | + | Recall that the sum of the first <math>100</math> positive integers is <math>\sum^{100}_{k=1} k = \frac{101\cdot100}{2}=5050.</math> It follows that | |
<cmath> \sum^{100}_{i=1} \sum^{100}_{j=1} (i+j) = \sum^{100}_{i=1} \sum^{100}_{i=1} 2i = 100\cdot(5050\cdot2) = \boxed{\textbf{(E) }1{,}010{,}000}.</cmath> | <cmath> \sum^{100}_{i=1} \sum^{100}_{j=1} (i+j) = \sum^{100}_{i=1} \sum^{100}_{i=1} 2i = 100\cdot(5050\cdot2) = \boxed{\textbf{(E) }1{,}010{,}000}.</cmath> | ||
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Problem
What is
Solution 1
We can start by writing out the first couple of terms: Looking at the first terms in the parentheses, we can see that occurs times. It goes vertically and exists times horizontally. Looking at the second terms in the parentheses, we can see that occurs times. It goes horizontally and exists times vertically.
Thus, we have
Solution 2
Recall that the sum of the first positive integers is It follows that ~Vfire ~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 3
Recall that the sum of the first positive integers is It follows that
Solution 4
The minimum term is , and the maximum term is . The average of the terms is the average of the minimum and maximum terms, which is . The sum is therefore .
See Also
2018 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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