A or B 2???

Given

A = 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 2021 A=1+3+5+...+2021

B = 2 + 4 + 6 + . . . + 2020 B=2+4+6+...+2020

We can say...

A > B A>B A = B A=B A < B A<B

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4 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Sep 29, 2019

B = 2 + 4 + 6 + + 2020 A = 1 + 3 + 5 + + 2019 + 2021 B A = 1 + 1 + 1 + + 1 1010 × 1 2021 = 1010 2021 = 1011 \begin{aligned} B & = 2 + 4 + 6 + \cdots + 2020 \\ A & = 1 + 3 + 5 + \cdots + 2019 + 2021 \\ \implies B - A & = \underbrace{1 + 1 + 1 + \cdots + 1}_{1010 \times 1} - 2021 = 1010 - 2021 = - 1011 \end{aligned}

Therefore, A > B \boxed{A>B} .

Xin Ze Cai
Oct 8, 2019

I found a pattern for both A and B.

I applied them, and for A, I got 101 1 1011 1011^{1011} = 1 022 121.

For B, I got 1010 × 1011 1010 \times 1011 = 1 021 110.

Obviously, 1 022121 > 1 021 110 .

Therefore, A > B \boxed {A > B}

James Moors
Sep 29, 2019

Each number in B B is 1 1 higher than some number in A A and these pair off with each number in A A except 2021 2021 , so B > A 2021 B > A - 2021 .

Next, note that there are 1010 1010 of these pairs, each making B B larger by 1 1 , so we get B = A 2021 + 1010 B = A - 2021 + 1010 .

This boils down to B = A 1011 B = A - 1011 or just B < A B < A .

Arifin Ikram
Sep 29, 2019

We can write,

A = 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 2021 = 1010 ² + 2021 A=1+3+5+...+2021=1010²+2021

B = 2 + 4 + 6 + . . . + 2020 = 1010 ² + 1010 B=2+4+6+...+2020=1010²+1010

So, A > B \boxed{A>B}

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