1989 AJHSME Problems/Problem 1
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Problem
Solution
We make use of the associative and commutative properties of addition to rearrange the sum as
Solution 2
Or, we can just combine the first, second, third, fourth, and last terms in each parentheses. This gives us:
![\[(1+9)+(11+19)+(21+29)+(31+39)+(41+49),\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/3/5/f/35fbf3b16902a4fab26c371d849b970cd4437d27.png)
which gives us
![\[10+30+50+70+90 = \boxed{250}.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/f/e/cfe7fd56b85547b8ba8e8f128ad34fdde663f114.png)
~DuoDuoling0
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