An Odd Ratio

Algebra Level 3

100001 + 100003 + 100005 + + 199999 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + + 99999 = ? \frac{100001+100003+100005+\cdots+199999}{1+3+5+7+\cdots+99999} = \, ?


The answer is 3.

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65 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Sep 30, 2014

The sum S S of an arithmetic progression of n n terms is given by: S = n 2 ( a + l ) S=\dfrac{n}{2} (a+l) , where a a and l l are the first and last terms respectively.

Therefore,

100001 + 100003 + 100005 + . . . + 199999 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11... + 99999 \dfrac {100001+100003+100005+...+199999} {1+3+5+7+9+11...+99999}

= n 2 ( a 1 + l 1 ) n 2 ( a 2 + l 2 ) = 50000 2 ( 100001 + 199999 ) 50000 2 ( 1 + 99999 ) = 300000 100000 = 3 = \dfrac {\frac{n}{2}(a_1+l_1)} {\frac{n}{2}(a_2+l_2)} = \dfrac {\frac{50000}{2}(100001+199999)} {\frac{50000}{2}(1+99999)} = \dfrac {300000}{100000} = \boxed{3}

Moderator note:

Good approach of recognizing that the number of terms cancel out, and so we don't have to perform the multiplication.

100001+199999=100003+199997=......=300000 & 1+99999=3+99997=......=100000 ANS=(300000 multiple 50)/(100000 multiple 50)=3

Rakib Hassan Pran - 6 years, 8 months ago

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I love the simplicity of this solution

Robert Jones - 6 years, 7 months ago

If I am not mistaken it should be ((300000 49)+150000)/((100000 49)+50000)= (300000 49.5)/(100000 49.5)=3 because the number in the middle of each series can't be paired...

Abrar Hossain - 5 years, 7 months ago

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when one knows the formula used the result is relatively straightforward. But do you assume this formula is one we innately know OR did I miss something in any of the previous quizzes or courses?

Bram Herlich - 1 year, 1 month ago

use the formula
An=a + (n-1)d ; where An is the nth term, a is the
first term and d is the common difference
An=199999
a=100001
d=2 substitute the value to the formula
An=a + (n-1)d
199999=100001+(n-1)2
199999=100001+2n-2
199999-100001+2=2n
2n=100000
thus n=50000


ma.lourdes rogales - 6 years, 7 months ago

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Good Calculation work goin on there Well Done Ma.Lourdes Rogales

samuell Creed - 5 years, 3 months ago

I also did it the longer way by calculating n first

Mario Victor - 5 years, 4 months ago

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The only problem is that it cannot be 28 percent because it does not work out right because there is not a precise details there and not really much calculation gonna happen anyway.

samuell Creed - 5 years, 3 months ago

how is n=5000 here??

Pradeep Soni - 6 years, 8 months ago

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nth term is 199999, a=100001 d=2 so; nth term=a+(n-1)d 199999=100001+(n-1)2 199999-100001+2=2n 99998+2=2n n=50000; hence

Varun Kulshrestha - 6 years, 7 months ago

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HOW IS D =2??

Balkrishna Bhatt - 6 years, 6 months ago

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@Balkrishna Bhatt d is the difference btw consecutive terms in this case (3-1),(5-3) and so on its an arithmaticprogression

Siddharth Bhat - 6 years, 6 months ago

@Balkrishna Bhatt d=2 ; a2-a1 =d substituting the numbers into the formula therefore 100003 - 100001 = 2 or 3-1 = 2 because 2 is the common difference

Mel Macairy Navarro - 6 years, 6 months ago

@Balkrishna Bhatt it was so simple bro

মুঈদ হাসান - 5 years, 2 months ago

by using an=a1+(n-1)d

Briken Fmj - 6 years, 7 months ago

These are odd numbers. 1,3,7,...99999. one number is skipped every time. total number will be 50000

Lalit Kumar - 2 years ago

i have published my solution kindly see that.

Ramendra Thakur - 6 years, 7 months ago

You should also include a way to figure out the term n. Use the equation a + ( n-1 ) * d = l, where a, l, n, and d are the first term, last term, number of terms, and the difference between each term respectively.

William Li - 6 years, 8 months ago

Sorry, I must have been talking to myself then. To find out the number of terms, n, we usually assign the i t h i^{th} term of odd number of the nominator as 100000 + 2 i + 1 100000+2i+1 and that of the denominator as 2 i + 1 2i+1 , so that when i = 0 , 1 , 2 , . . . 49999 i = 0, 1, 2, ... 49999 , the nominator terms are 100001 , 100003 , 100005 , . . . 199999 100001, 100003, 100005, ... 199999 and the denominator terms, 1 , 3 , 5 , . . . 99999 1,3,5,... 99999 . Since the first term starts with an i = 0 i = 0 , 0 0 to 49999 49999 is 50000 50000 terms. The first term is 0 + 1 = 1 s t 0+1=1^{st} , the last term is 49999 + 1 = 5000 0 t h 49999 + 1 = 50000^{th} term.

The equation S = n 2 ( a + l ) S = \frac {n}{2}(a+l) is analogous to finding area of a trapezium. For example you want to find the sum S = 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = 30 S = 4+5+6+7+8 = 30 , it is the same as finding the average a + l 2 = 4 + 8 2 = 6 \frac {a+l}{2} = \frac {4+8}{2} = 6 and then multiplied it by the number of terms n = 5 n = 5 and 6 × 5 = 30 6 \times 5 = 30 . Therefore the formula S = n 2 ( a + l ) S = \frac {n}{2}(a+l) . Please note that if the series starts with 1 1 and ends with n n the formula becomes S = n 2 ( n + 1 ) S = \frac {n}{2}(n+1) which you should be familiar with.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 6 years, 8 months ago

for your kind info u need not calculate n here since it is an odd ap the n in numerator is gng to be the same as that of denominator and hence cancels out...so it is enough if find (a+l) for both numerator and denominator

Krishna Nampodripad - 6 years, 7 months ago

good thinking and very simple to understand thanks

Balakrishnan Ramamurthy - 6 years, 7 months ago

We can rewrite the Numerator as 100000 * n + Denominator ( S) . Also, S = n/2 * (1 + 99999) = n * 50000. So, fraction = 2 + 1 = 3

Sankalp Ranjan - 6 years, 7 months ago

why isn't the following right? :

[100000(1+3+5+...+99999)]/ (1+3+5+...+99999) 100000c/c = 100000?

Swathi Nair - 5 years, 5 months ago

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Well, guys, why this solution is false?

Giorgos K - 5 years, 4 months ago

The upper term isn't [100000(1+3+5+...+99999)], it's [100000(1+(1+3+5+...+99999))]. Otherwise the first term would be 100000, and the final term would be 9999900000.

It's 49999 additions of 100000 to 49999 individual terms, not multiplication of 49999 individual terms by 100000.

I hope one of those statements clarifies it.

Brian Egedy - 5 years, 4 months ago

wow!!! ,so simple

Sanjeet Patro - 5 years, 1 month ago

There's a nice shortcut... First n odd numbers is n^2 and we have 50 000 terms, so the denominator equals 50 000^2

We can split the numerator to

(100 000 (50 000)) + (1+3+5+...+99 999)

Hence the original simplifies to

((100 000 × 50 000) + (50 0000)^2) ÷ (50 0000)^2

=(100 0000 + 50 000) ÷ 50 0000 =150 0000 ÷ 50 000 = 3

Mike Davison - 3 years, 8 months ago

Good, I used the same method

Antonio Fanari - 6 years, 8 months ago

Why it is n=50000/2 here. Actually, when I tackle these kind of prolem I just eliminate the two 2 n from denominator and numerator

Luffy Nguyễn - 6 years, 8 months ago

what is the value of n

Reddypraveen Kumar - 6 years, 8 months ago

I SOLVED like this solution

Hatem Kora - 6 years, 8 months ago

right. How's n= 5000

Swarupendra Nath Chakraborty - 6 years, 8 months ago

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It's not, it's 50,000.

Brad Snyder - 6 years, 7 months ago

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no!!!!, n=49,999...

Karan Kishore - 6 years, 7 months ago

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@Karan Kishore No, n does equal 50,000.

Take the first term of the sequence in the denominator or numerator, add it to any of the other terms in that sequence, then divide by the difference between successive terms. Example using the denominator:

n = 1 + 9 2 = 5 n = \frac{1+9}{2} = 5

How many terms are there in the denominator up to and including 9? 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. Five terms. Try it with 3, 5, 7, 11, or any other number in that sequence that you'd like if you don't believe me.

n = 1 + 99 , 999 2 = 100 , 000 2 = 50 , 000 n = \frac{1+99,999}{2} = \frac{100,000}{2} = 50,000

Scott Todd - 6 years, 7 months ago

See my reply on Oct 3

Chew-Seong Cheong - 6 years, 8 months ago

Wrong solution. If you take 100000 as a common from the numerator, you will have 100000 multiplied by the denominator, so the solution is 100000.

Mahmoud Talaat - 6 years, 7 months ago

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You cannot take 100000 common from numerator.

Harshil Lakkad - 6 years, 7 months ago

where did you get n=50000

Jeser Albon - 6 years, 7 months ago

I used n = 99999 and it gave me correct answer, can you elaborate more how you got 50000 please, Thank you !

Reason for 99999 is (199999 - 100001) + 1 = 99999

Syed Baqir - 5 years, 10 months ago

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Because of the way the expression is formed, it doesn't matter what you use for n (in this case). The n term exists in the numerator and denominator in the same form, so it is cancelled out.

if the terms were 1+2+3+...+99999, then there would be 99999 terms. Because the terms are 1+3+5+...+99999, you're cutting out 49999 of the possible terms, i.e., all of the even numbers, leaving 50000 terms for the calculation.

Brian Egedy - 5 years, 4 months ago

how do you manage to work that out because i am a top set maths teacher at London Community Upper School and even my top set maths students cannot work that out. Because it is to hard for them and even for me because i have done those sort of questions anyway.

samuell Creed - 5 years, 3 months ago

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Sorry, I didn't notice your question earlier. We only need to sum of AP, specially when the common difference is not 1 1 , is given by S = n ( a + 1 ) 2 S=\dfrac{n(a+1)}{2} . The rest is just computation.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 2 months ago

Isn't the numerator 100000 ( 1+3+...+99999) ?

Prof. pseudo-expert - 5 years, 2 months ago

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No. That would be 100000 +300000 +...+ 9999900000 and not 100001 + 100003 + ... + 199999

Aravind Raj Swaminathan - 5 years, 2 months ago

The last four nines in the numerator are missing in the challenge picture. It shows "100001 + 100003 + 100005 + ... + 19". Very confusing, please correct.

Vincent Gabriel - 5 years, 2 months ago

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There is no problem with my screen. You can scroll right with the bar at the bottom.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 2 months ago

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There's no scrollbar on mobiles. There is no indication that part of the term is cropped at all, except that it doesn't appear to make sense. Anyway, seems to be a problem with the site, not with the question. Thanks for investigating.

Vincent Gabriel - 5 years, 2 months ago

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@Vincent Gabriel There is scroll bar on my mobile. Check your app. I continued my streak in China using a mobile.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 1 month ago

NICE SOLUTION

DIGBIJOY SHOME - 5 years, 1 month ago

How can we know that n = 50000? In the fast way

Megah Megah - 5 years, 1 month ago

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The way that I explained is the fastest I know. For example, for the series 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , . . . 1,3,5,7,... , if we assign 1 = 2 ( 1 ) 1 1 = 2(1)-1 , 3 = 2 ( 2 ) 1 3=2(2)-1 , 5 = 2 ( 3 ) 1 5=2(3)-1 ... 99999 = 2 ( 50000 ) 1 99999 = 2(50000)-1 . So, we can see that for 1 1 , n = 1 n=1 ; 3 3 , n = 2 n=2 ; 5 5 , n = 3 n=3 ; ... 99999 99999 , n = 50000 n=50000 .

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 1 month ago

1 + 3 + + ( 2 n 1 ) = n 2 If the last term is 99999 then 2 n 1 = 99999 n = 50000. 1+3+\cdots +(2n-1)=n^2\\ \text{If the last term is 99999 then}\\ 2n-1=99999\Rightarrow n=50000.

Raymond Johnson - 5 years ago

Haha solved it the same way (+1)

Ashish Menon - 5 years ago

Can we take 100000 common and cancel out the number

Shreeman Gupta - 5 years ago

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Yes, of course, you can. I was only showing one way of solving the problem.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 12 months ago

Those upvotes though

Razzi Masroor - 4 years, 5 months ago

But we should find the number of terms by using general term of an A.P. which is a+(n-1)d. The number of terms will then come 50000

Ujjwal Sarswat - 3 years, 4 months ago

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Yes, the number of terms is 50000 as used in my solution.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 3 years, 4 months ago

100000 (1+3+5...99999)÷(1+3+5+7+.....99999)=100000
Is it wrong

B.NageswaraRao Boppudi - 3 years, 2 months ago

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100000 ( 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 99999 ) = 100000 + 300000 + 500000 + . . . + 9999900000 100001 + 100003 + 100005 + . . . + 199999 100000(1+3+5+...+99999) = 100000+300000+500000+...+9999900000 \color{#D61F06}\ne 100001+100003+100005+...+199999 .

Chew-Seong Cheong - 3 years, 2 months ago

The numerator you've created is 100000 + 300000 + . . . + 9999900000 100000 + 300000 + ... + 9999900000 not 100001 + 100003 + . . . + 199999 100001 + 100003 + ... + 199999

You need 50000 ( 100000 ) + ( 1 + 3 + . . . + 99999 ) 1 + 3 + . . . + 99999 \frac{50000(100000) + (1 + 3 + ... + 99999)}{1 + 3 + ... + 99999}

Brian Egedy - 3 years, 2 months ago

Answer is 100000

Bala Murugan - 1 year, 4 months ago

Can anyone explain why n is divided by 2 (in the equation n/2(n+l) )

also, is there a reason for the specific letters, or is the use of S, n, a, and l simply a matter of choice?

Dan Tardy - 11 months, 1 week ago

same what i did

muteeb basha - 6 years, 7 months ago

where did you get 50000????

Antonio Patiga - 6 years, 7 months ago

how is n=50000 here???????????????

Dasaradhi Das - 6 years, 6 months ago

It's wrong

The numerator can be written as (100000+1)+(100000+3)+(100000+5)+......(100000+99999)

The number of 100000's are 99999+1/2=50000 (Nth term of a odd series is given by an+1/2)

That gives us 50000X100000+(1+3+5+....+99999)/(1+3+5+....+99999)

So the answer is 50000X100000

Ram Gopal - 5 years, 3 months ago

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100000 × 50000 + ( 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 99999 ) 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 99999 \dfrac{100000\times 50000 + (\color{#3D99F6}{1+3+5+...+99999})}{\color{#3D99F6}{1+3+5+...+99999}} = 5 , 000 , 000 , 000 + 2 , 500 , 000 , 000 2 , 500 , 000 , 000 = 3 = \dfrac{5,000,000,000 + \color{#3D99F6}{2,500,000,000}}{\color{#3D99F6}{2,500,000,000}} = \boxed{3}

You can try with 101 + 103 + 105 + . . . + 199 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 99 \dfrac{101+103+105+...+199}{1+3+5+...+99} and you should get the same answer.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 3 months ago

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sorry! I made a mistake. it was a little confusing to write it on here. my bad

Ram Gopal - 5 years, 2 months ago

Could you explain me why the the number of terms n are 50000?

Francisco Romero - 4 years, 12 months ago

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I have actually explained it just before your post. Anyway, I cut-and-paste it here.

To find out the number of terms, n n , we usually assign the i t h i^{th} term of odd number of the nominator as 100000 + 2 i + 1 100000+2i+1 and that of the denominator as 2 i + 1 2i+1 , so that when i = 0 , 1 , 2 , . . . 49999 i = 0, 1, 2, ... 49999 , the nominator terms are 100001 , 100003 , 100005 , . . . 199999 100001, 100003, 100005, ... 199999 and the denominator terms, 1 , 3 , 5 , . . . 99999 1,3,5,... 99999 . Since the first term starts with an i = 0 i = 0 , 0 0 to 49999 49999 is 50000 50000 terms. The first term is 0 + 1 = 1 s t 0+1=1^{st} , the last term is 49999 + 1 = 5000 0 t h 49999 + 1 = 50000^{th} term.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 12 months ago
Rick B
Sep 30, 2014

Notice that we can form 25000 25000 pairs of numbers whose sum is 100000 100000 in the denominator: ( 1 + 99999 ) , ( 3 + 99997 ) , ( 5 + 99995 ) (1 + 99999), (3 + 99997), (5 + 99995) etc.. And in the numerator we can do the same thing, but 100000 100000 is added to each of the 50000 50000 terms. So we have:

100001 + 100003 + 100005 + + 199999 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + + 99999 \frac {100001 + 100003 + 100005 + \ldots + 199999}{1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + \ldots + 99999}

= 25000 × 100000 + 50000 × 100000 25000 × 100000 = \frac {25000 \times 100000 + 50000 \times 100000}{25000 \times 100000}

= 75000 × 100000 25000 × 100000 = \frac {75000 \times 100000}{25000 \times 100000}

= 75000 25000 = 75 25 = 3 = \frac {75000}{25000} = \frac {75}{25} = \boxed{3}

best technique for anyone who cant remember the formula if S = (n/2)*(1st + last) =)

Keil Cerbito - 6 years, 8 months ago

This was easy really just you need a new perspective to see the math

Utkarsh Ujjaval - 9 months ago
Stewart Feasby
Sep 30, 2014

If we define n n to be the number of terms within the divisor. Then if we look at n t h n^{th} term, we have: ( 2 n + 1 ) + ( 2 n + 3 ) + . . . + ( 4 n 3 ) + ( 4 n 1 ) 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + ( 2 n 3 ) + ( 2 n 1 ) \frac { (2n+1)+(2n+3)+...+(4n-3)+(4n-1) }{ 1+3+5+...+(2n-3)+(2n-1) } By inputting the values n = 1 , n = 2 n=1, n=2 and n = 3 n=3 , we achieve the following sequences: n = D i v i s o r : 1 2 3 1 4 9 \begin{matrix} n= \\ Divisor: \end{matrix}\begin{matrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 1 & 4 & 9 \end{matrix} Clearly we can see that for the divisor, the n t h n^{th} term equals n 2 n^2

Repeating the process for the dividend, we get: n = D i v i d e n d : 1 2 3 3 12 27 \begin{matrix} n= \\ Dividend: \end{matrix}\begin{matrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 3 & 12 & 27 \end{matrix} Then, by finding the n t h n^{th} term of the sequence using a method of your liking, you should end up with an n t h n^{th} term of 3 n 2 3n^2

Now, by placing our two n t h n^{th} term values back into the original equation, we have: 3 n 2 n 2 \frac { 3n^2 }{ n^2 } By simplifying this equation we end up with an answer of 3 \boxed { 3 }

Note: The equation shown is for n = 50000 n = 50000 , which would still result to 3.

Very nice solution different from others

dhiraj agarwalla - 6 years, 8 months ago

Fabulous solution by using basic number theory.

Muhammad Mahdi Shahriar Sakib - 6 years, 8 months ago

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Thank you! I try to use n t h n^{th} terms wherever I can!

Stewart Feasby - 6 years, 8 months ago

Inspiring.

Martin Balage - 4 years, 11 months ago

The first solution is amazing

Tutun Banerjee - 4 years, 8 months ago
Rishabh Jain
Oct 1, 2014

the given expression can be written as

( 100000 + 1 ) + ( 100000 + 3 ) + ( 100000 + 5 ) + . . . . . ( 100000 + 99999 ) 1 + 3 + 5..... + 99999 \frac { (100000+1)+(100000+3)+(100000+5)+.....(100000+99999) }{ 1+3+5.....+99999 }

now separating 100000 100000 we get the expression as

( 100000 × 50000 ) + ( 1 + 3 + 5.... + 99999 ) 1 + 3 + 5... + 99999 ( n o . o f t e r m s a r e 50000 ) \frac { (100000\times 50000)+(1+3+5....+99999) }{ 1+3+5...+99999 } \quad (\because \quad no.\quad of\quad terms\quad are\quad 50000)

now separating the fraction as ( 100000 × 50000 ) 1 + 3 + 5... + 99999 + ( 1 + 3 + 5.... + 99999 ) 1 + 3 + 5... + 99999 \frac { (100000\times 50000) }{ 1+3+5...+99999 } +\frac { (1+3+5....+99999) }{ 1+3+5...+99999 }

we get 100000 × 50000 50000 2 ( 1 + 99999 ) + 1 \frac { 100000\times 50000 }{ \frac { 50000 }{ 2 } (1+99999) } +1

finally the answer is 1 + 2 1+2 = 3 \boxed{3}

I did same way

maths jeet - 2 years, 9 months ago
Cibi Sounder
Oct 31, 2014

I hope this explanation will be easy to understand. First off , we can see that 100,001+199,999=300,000. Similarly 100,003+199,997=300,000 and so on.This is the same with the denimenator.Since the number of terms being added in the numerator and the denominator are the same and give the same 300,000/100,000=3,3 is the answer.

Excellent explanation - this is precisely how I arrived at the answer.

Thomas Sutcliffe - 3 years, 7 months ago

Why are all the other answers so complicated when the solution is so simple?

Tova Holmberger - 3 years, 2 months ago
Whitney Clark
Oct 2, 2014

There's actually a simple solution to it. The denominator is the sum of the first x odd numbers. The numerator is the sum of the next x odd numbers, or the sum of the first 2x, minus the sum of the first x. The result is x 2 x^2 for the denominator and ( 2 x ) 2 x 2 (2x)^2 - x^2 , 4 x 2 x 2 4x^2 - x^2 , or 3 x 2 3x^2 for the numerator.

Thus, as long as the number of terms is the same, and the numerator picks up where the denominator left off, the answer is always 3.

This is simply the best answer.

Horisadi Afyama - 6 years, 8 months ago
汶良 林
Apr 3, 2016

100001 + 100003 + 100005 + ... + 199999

= (100000+1) + (100000+3) + (100000+5) + ... + (100000+99999)

= (100000 + 100000 + 100000 + ... + 100000) + (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ... + 99999)

= (1+99999) + (2+99998) + (3+100000) + ... + (99999+1) + (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ... + 99999)

= 3 × (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ... + 99999)

James Moors
Oct 1, 2014

1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + . . . + n = ( n + 1 2 ) 2 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ... + n = (\frac{n+1}{2}) ^2 , so the denominator sums to ( 99999 + 1 2 ) 2 = 5000 0 2 (\frac{99999+1}{2}) ^2 = 50000^2 .

Whereas, for the numerator, we have ( 199999 + 1 2 ) 2 5000 0 2 = 10000 0 2 5000 0 2 = 3 × 5000 0 2 (\frac{199999+1}{2}) ^2 - 50000^2 = 100000^2 - 50000^2 = 3 \times50000^2 .

Good and nice solution

Antonio Fanari - 6 years, 8 months ago

Beautiful solution

Muhammad Mahdi Shahriar Sakib - 6 years, 8 months ago

short cut and nice solution

Singh Ajeet - 6 years, 8 months ago
Ahmed Obaiedallah
Jun 22, 2015

100001 + 100003 + 100005 + + 199999 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + + 99999 \large\frac{100001+100003+100005+\ldots+199999}{1+3+5+7+9+11+\ldots+99999}

= 100000 + 1 + 100000 + 3 + 100000 + 5 + + 100000 + 99999 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + + 99999 \large=\frac{100000+1+100000+3+100000+5+\ldots+100000+99999}{1+3+5+7+9+11+\ldots+99999}

= ( 100000 + 100000 + 100000 + + 100000 ) + ( 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 ) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + + 99999 \large=\frac{(100000+100000+100000+\ldots+100000)+(1+3+5+\ldots+99999)}{1+3+5+7+9+11+\ldots+99999}

= ( n i × 100000 ) + ( 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 ) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + + 99999 \large=\frac{(n_i\times100000)+(1+3+5+\ldots+99999)}{1+3+5+7+9+11+\ldots+99999}

= n i × 100000 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 + 1 \large=\frac{n_i\times100000}{1+3+5+\ldots+99999}+1

no of integers n i = 99999 1 2 + 1 = 50000 \space\large n_i= \frac{99999-1}{2}+1=50000

Sum of all odd integers of n (odd) numbers = n 1 4 ( n + 1 ) + n + 1 2 \space\large\color{#3D99F6}{=\frac{n-1}{4}*(n+1)+\frac {n+1}{2}}

= n 2 1 + 2 ( n + 1 ) 4 \large\color{#3D99F6}{=\frac{n^2-1+2(n+1)}{4}}

= 9999 9 2 1 + 2 ( 99999 + 1 ) 4 = 2500000000 = 2.5 × 1 0 9 \large\color{#3D99F6}{=\frac{99999^2-1+2(99999+1)}{4}=2500000000=2.5\times 10^9}

= 5 × 1 0 9 2.5 × 1 0 9 + 1 = 2 + 1 = 3 \large=\frac{5\times10^9}{2.5\times 10^9}+1=2+1=\boxed{\color{#D61F06}{3}}

My solution goes like this: From the given, it can be seen that there are an equal number of terms in the numerator and the denoninator. We denote this as y. And there is a constant sum for each pair (1, 99999), (3, 99997), (5, 99995), ... which is equal to 100000. We denote x = 100000. The denominator can then be simplified to xy/2. This follows that the numerator be equal to xy + xy/2. There is one 100000 for each term, and the sum xy/2. Therefore, the expression can be simplified to (xy + xy/2)/(xy/2). Or simply 1.5/.5 = 3.

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Judy Sy
Jan 7, 2015

well their common difference is 2 (both the numerator and denominator) and the difference from the first and last term (for both the numerator and the denominator) is the same: 99998. therefore, the number of terms for both numerator and denominator is the same; and so, just get the sum of the first and last terms of the numerator and divide it by the first and last terms of the denominator. There is no need for solving the exact values of the numerator and denominator since the number of terms are the same. You will just end up cancelling them out if you did.

Equation: (100001+199999) / (1+99999) = 3

Rugved Patil
May 20, 2017

Take 100001=100000+1 and so on till 199999.We get 100000*50000+(50000)^2/50000^.This solving we get 3

Federico Rinaldi
Feb 25, 2019

Let a = 100000 a = 100000 . The expression now becomes:

( a + 1 ) + ( a + 3 ) + ( a + 5 ) + + ( a + 99999 ) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + + 99999 . \frac{(a+1)+(a+3)+(a+5)+\dotsb+(a+99999)}{1+3+5+7+\dotsb+99999}.

We should note now, that between 1 1 and 99999 99999 there are 50000 50000 odd numbers (extremes included). Thus, we have:

50000 a + 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 . \frac{50000a+1+3+5+\dotsb+99999}{1+3+5+\dotsb+99999}.

Since the sum of the first n n odd numbers is n 2 n^2 , it follows that 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 = ( 50000 ) 2 . 1+3+5+\dotsb+99999 = (50000)^2.

Now our expression becomes:

50000 a + ( 50000 ) 2 ( 50000 ) 2 . \frac{50000a+(50000)^2}{(50000)^2}.

Factor the numerator by 50000:

50000 ( a + 50000 ) ( 50000 ) 2 = a + 50000 50000 . \frac{50000(a+50000)}{(50000)^2} = \frac{a+50000}{50000}.

Substitute back a a :

100000 + 50000 50000 = 150000 50000 = 3 . \frac{100000+50000}{50000} = \frac{150000}{50000} = \boxed{3}.

Gary Munnelly
Dec 5, 2018

x = 100001 + 100003 + 100005 + . . . + 199999 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + . . . + 99999 x = \frac{100001+100003+100005+...+199999}{1+3+5+7+...+99999}

Denominator is sum of odd numbers, so let's work that out first:

n = 0 N ( 2 n + 1 ) \sum\limits_{n=0}^{N}(2n + 1)

n = 0 N 2 n + n = 0 N 1 \sum\limits_{n=0}^{N}{2n} + \sum\limits_{n=0}^{N}{1}

2 n = 0 N n + ( N + 1 ) 2\sum\limits_{n=0}^{N}{n} + (N+1)

2 N ( N + 1 ) 2 + ( N + 1 ) \cancel{2}\frac{N(N+1)}{\cancel{2}} + (N+1)

N ( N + 1 ) + ( N + 1 ) N(N+1) + (N+1)

( N + 1 ) ( N + 1 ) (N+1)(N+1)

( N + 1 ) 2 (N+1)^2

Cool! So the denominator is just ( N + 1 ) 2 (N+1)^2 . We'll work out the value of N N later.

Now, the numerator is a similar sum except the value 100000 100000 is added to each term:

n = 0 N ( 2 n + 1 + 100000 ) \sum\limits_{n=0}^{N}(2n + 1 + 100000)

n = 0 N ( 2 n + 1 ) + n = 0 N 100000 \sum\limits_{n=0}^{N}(2n + 1) + \sum\limits_{n=0}^{N}100000

( N + 1 ) 2 + ( N + 1 ) ( 100000 ) (N+1)^2 + (N+1)(100000)

( N + 1 ) ( ( N + 1 ) + 100000 ) (N+1)((N+1) + 100000)

So the result of the whole series is just:

x = \frac{ \cancel{(N+1)}((N+1) + 100000)}{(N+1)^\cancel{2}}

x = ( N + 1 ) + 100000 ( N + 1 ) x = \frac{ (N+1) + 100000}{(N+1)}

Now we need to work out the value of N N . The maximum odd number we compute is 99999 99999 , so:

2 N + 1 = 99999 2N+1 = 99999

2 N = 99998 2N = 99998

N = 49999 N = 49999

x = ( N + 1 ) + 100000 ( N + 1 ) = 50000 + 100000 50000 = 3 \therefore x = \frac{ (N+1) + 100000}{(N+1)} = \frac{ 50000 + 100000}{50000} = \boxed{3}

Charlie Pu
Jun 23, 2018

Writing large numbers is error prone so we can let a = 100000 a = 100000 Using formula S = n 2 ( a + l ) S = \frac{n}{2}(a+l) on both numerator and denominator.

= 1 2 ( ( a + 1 ) + ( 2 a 1 ) ) ( a 1 ) 1 2 ( ( 1 ) + ( a 1 ) ) ( a 1 ) =\frac{\frac{1}{2}((a+1)+(2a-1))(a-1)}{\frac{1}{2}((1)+(a-1))(a-1)}

simplify:

= 3 a a =\frac{3a}{a}

= 3 =3

Riaan Engelbrecht
May 20, 2018

25000 ( 100001 + 199999 ) 25000 ( 1 + 99999 ) \frac{25 000(100 001+199 999)}{25 000(1+99 999)} = 300000 100000 ) \frac{300 000}{100 000)} = 3

Mohammad Khaza
Jun 30, 2017

the rule is =n(n+1)/2

so,100001+...................199999=n(n+1)/2=1.5 x 10^10

and 1+3+...........99999=n(n+1)/2=5 x 10^9

so,1.5 x 10^10/5 x 10^9=3
Razzi Masroor
Jun 9, 2016

extracting 100000 from all of the terms in the numerator, and finding the number of terms , you can get (50000)(100000) + 1+3+5+7...99999. You might know that the sum of all odd numbers from 1 to n is ((n+1)/2)^2, applying that also to all of the original terms of the denominator, you get (50000)(100000) +(50000)(50000)/ (50000)(50000), canceling out 50000 from the numerator and denominator, after you combined (50000)(100000) and (50000)(50000) from the numerator, you get 150000/50000 and you get 3

Sum of odd numbers is n². So, between 1 .. 99999 has fifty thousands numbers, thus n² = 50000² = 2500000000.

100001 + 100003 + 100005 = (100000+1) + (100000+3) ... (100000+99999) (100000 * 50000) + (1+3+5 .... + 99999) = (100000 * 50000) + (50000²)

Thus (100000 * 50000) + (50000²) / (50000²) = 3

Pardon for my poor english :)

Peter Burbery
Apr 8, 2021

We can separate the big numbers in the numerator into 100000 +an odd number from 1 to 99999. We need to solve for the amount of positive odd numbers up to 99999. We can do this by using the generating function for odd numbers:

a n = 2 n 1 a_n=2n-1 Solving for 99999 as an odd number, we get the following:

99999 = 2 n 1 99999=2n-1

100000 = 2 n 100000=2n

50000 = n 50000=n Now all we need to do is sum the top expression and the bottom expression as follows: x = 100000 50000 + n = 1 50000 2 n 1 n = 1 50000 2 n 1 x=\frac{{100000*50000+\sum_{n=1}^{50000} 2n-1}}{\sum_{n=1}^{50000} 2n-1}

Plugging this into a calculator with a computer algebra system, we get x=3.

Raymond Fang
Jan 23, 2021

The denominator and numerator each have ( 99999 1 ) ÷ 2 + 1 = 50000 (99999-1) \div 2 + 1 = 50000 numbers. Gauss Theorem : 100001 + 100003 + 100005 + + 199999 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + + 99999 = ( 100001 + 199999 ) × 50000 2 ( 1 + 99999 ) × 50000 2 = 300000 100000 = 3 \large{\frac {100001+100003+100005+ \cdots + 199999}{1+3+5+7+ \cdots + 99999} \newline = \frac{(100001+199999) \times \frac{50000} {2}}{(1+99999) \times \frac{50000}{2}} \newline = \frac{300000}{100000} \newline =} \LARGE{3}

Andreas Walexon
Dec 29, 2020

I used our good friend Gauss. Gauss' trick says that if there are an even number of terms, you can use this (for example) (I will use consecutive numbers starting from 1, other sequences work the same way): 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n-2 + n-1 + n = ( n 2 \\(\frac{n}{2} * (n + 1)) Then, we can apply it to the numerator (sum 300000 and 25000 terms), and the denominator (sum 100000 and also 25000 terms). We have the fraction 25000 300000 25000 100000 \frac{25000 * 300000}{25000 * 100000} , a very annoying way of writing 3 (divide the 25000s and 100000 off of both).

Jinjie Zhang
Dec 21, 2020

I got a simple method for the question. Add up the first number and the last number in the numerator, and then add up the first and the last number in the denominator. Divide the larger number by the smaller number. That's the correct answer!

Tom Wang
Jun 25, 2020

set 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + . . . + 99999 = a 1+3+5+7+...+99999=a , the numerator becomes 100000 ( 99999 1 ) / 2 + a 100000*(99999-1)/2+a , (there are ( 99999 1 ) / 2 (99999-1)/2 100000s therefore the expression can become 100000 ( 99999 1 ) / 2 / a + 1 100000*(99999-1)/2/a+1 ; a=(first term + last term)*(number of terms)/2= 100000 ( 99999 1 ) / 2 / 2 100000*(99999-1)/2/2 so the expression becomes 2+1=3

Tahmidul Islam
Mar 27, 2020

Let's solve it in a very short time using the trick that the sum of the first n odd is n². Using this, The numerator is ((199999+1)/2)²-((100001-1)/2)² =(2 50000)²-50000² =3 50000². The denominator, ((99999+1)/2)²=50000 Solution is (3*50000²)/50000²=3

Luiz Claudio
Jul 17, 2019

( 1 0 5 × 50000 ) + 5000 0 2 5000 0 2 = 5000 0 2 ( 1 0 5 50000 + 1 ) 5000 0 2 = 1 0 5 50000 + 1 = 3 \frac{(10^{5} \times 50000) + 50000^{2}}{50000^{2}} = \frac{50000^{2}(\frac{10^{5}}{50000} +1)}{50000^{2}} = \frac{10^{5}}{50000} +1 = \boxed{3}

Luis Quintanar
Feb 23, 2019

( 100 , 001 + 100 , 003 + 100 , 005 + . . . + 199 , 999 ) 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 99 , 999 = ( 100 , 000 + 100 , 000 + 100 , 000 + . . . + 100 , 000 ) + ( 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 99 , 999 ) 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 99 , 999 W e n o w t h a t 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 99 , 999 i s t h e s u m o f a s e q u e n c e o f n t e r m s w h e r e t h e n t h t e r m i s 2 n 1. W e w a n t t o k n o w t h e n u m b e r o f t e r m s i n o r d e r t o s i m p l i f y o u r c a l c u l a t i o n . I f t h e l a s t t e r m o f t h e s e q u e n c e i s 99 , 999 = 2 n 1 n = 50 , 000 S o [ ( 100 , 000 + 100 , 000 + 100 , 000 + . . . + 100 , 000 ) + ( 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 99 , 999 ) ] 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . + 99 , 999 = 100 , 000 50 , 000 + n = 1 50 , 000 2 n 1 n = 1 50 , 000 2 n 1 = 100 , 000 50 , 000 n = 1 50 , 000 2 n 1 + n = 1 50 , 000 2 n 1 n = 1 50 , 000 2 n 1 = 5 , 000 , 000 , 000 n = 1 50 , 000 2 n n = 1 50 , 000 1 + 1 = 5 , 000 , 000 , 000 2 n = 1 50 , 000 n n = 1 50 , 000 1 + 1 = 5 , 000 , 000 , 000 2 ( 50 , 000 ( 50 , 000 + 1 ) 2 50 , 000 + 1 = 5 , 000 , 000 , 000 ( 50 , 000 50 , 001 ) 50 , 000 + 1 = 5 , 000 , 000 , 000 50 , 000 50 , 001 50 , 000 + 1 = 5 , 000 , 000 , 000 2 , 500 , 000 , 000 + 1 = 2 + 1 = 3 \frac { (100,001+100,003+100,005+...+199,999) }{ 1+3+5+...+99,999 } =\quad \frac { (100,000+100,000+100,000+...+100,000)+(1+3+5+...+99,999) }{ 1+3+5+...+99,999 } \\ \quad \\ We\quad now\quad that\quad 1+3+5+...+99,999\quad is\quad the\quad sum\quad of\quad a\quad sequence\quad of\quad n\quad terms\quad where\quad the\quad nth\quad term\quad is\quad 2n-1.\quad We\quad want\quad to\quad know\quad the\quad number\\ of\quad terms\quad in\quad order\quad to\quad simplify\quad our\quad calculation.\quad \\ \\ If\quad the\quad last\quad term\quad of\quad the\quad sequence\quad is\quad 99,999=2n-1\quad \quad \rightarrow \quad n=50,000\\ \\ So\\ \frac { [(100,000+100,000+100,000+...+100,000)+(1+3+5+...+99,999)] }{ 1+3+5+...+99,999 } \\ \\ =\frac { 100,000*50,000+\sum _{ n=1 }^{ 50,000 }{ 2n-1 } }{ \sum _{ n=1 }^{ 50,000 }{ 2n-1 } } \\ =\frac { 100,000*50,000 }{ \sum _{ n=1 }^{ 50,000 }{ 2n-1 } } +\frac { \sum _{ n=1 }^{ 50,000 }{ 2n-1 } }{ \sum _{ n=1 }^{ 50,000 }{ 2n-1 } } \\ \\ =\frac { 5,000,000,000 }{ \sum _{ n=1 }^{ 50,000 }{ 2n } -\sum _{ n=1 }^{ 50,000 }{ 1 } } +1\\ \\ =\frac { 5,000,000,000 }{ 2\sum _{ n=1 }^{ 50,000 }{ n } -\sum _{ n=1 }^{ 50,000 }{ 1 } } +1\\ \\ =\frac { 5,000,000,000 }{ 2\frac { (50,000*(50,000+1) }{ 2 } -50,000 } +1\\ \\ =\frac { 5,000,000,000 }{ (50,000*50,001)-50,000 } +1\\ \\ =\frac { 5,000,000,000 }{ 50,000*50,001-50,000 } +1\\ \\ =\frac { 5,000,000,000 }{ 2,500,000,000 } +1\\ \\ =2+1\\ \\ =3\\ \\ \\

Don Weingarten
Jan 31, 2019

There are 5000 terms in both the numerator and the denominator. Each of these pairs of terms can be added: Denominator: 1 + 99999 = 10000 2 + 99998 = 10000 3 + 99997 = 10000 ... ... 5001 + 4999 = 10000, Therefore the denominator equals 5000 x 10000 = 50,000,000 By parallel reasoning, the numerator reduces to 150,000,000 Therefore the fraction itself evaluates to 3.

This may also be solved by multiple cancellation.

Chris Brown
Oct 29, 2018

The sum of n n sequential terms is n 2 ( f + l ) \frac{n}{2}(f+l) , where f f and l l are the first and last items respectively.

This gives us: n 2 ( 100001 + 199999 ) n 2 ( 1 + 199999 ) \frac{\frac{n}{2}(100001+199999)}{\frac{n}{2}(1+199999)} .

The n 2 \frac{n}{2} cancels out, giving us: 100001 + 199999 1 + 199999 = 300000 100000 = 3 \frac{100001+199999}{1+199999} = \frac{300000}{100000} = 3 .

3 is the answer.

Andy Lowry
Dec 7, 2017

Sum of first n n odd integers is n 2 n^2 . So our denominator is 500 0 2 5000^2 .

Numerator has 5000 5000 terms, each of which is 10000 + i 10000+i where the i i 's range through the first 5000 5000 odd integers. So the numerator is 10000 5000 + 500 0 2 = 3 500 0 2 10000\cdot 5000 + 5000^2 = 3*5000^2 . Hence the overall value is 3 500 0 2 500 0 2 = 3 \frac{3*5000^2}{5000^2} = \boxed{3} .

1) Notice that the sum 1 + 2 + 3 + + 99999 1 + 2+ 3 + \dots + 99999 contains 1 + 99999 2 = 50000 \frac{1+99999}{2} = 50000 terms.

2) Thus both the denominator and the numerator consists of n = 50000 n = 50000 terms. The sum of the first n n odd integers are n 2 n^2 , and thus we have

100001 + 100002 + + 199999 1 + 2 + + 99999 = 50000 100000 + 5000 0 2 5000 0 2 \dfrac{100001 + 100002 + \dots + 199999}{1+2+\dots+99999} = \dfrac{50000 \cdot 100000 + 50000^2}{50000^2}

3) Carrying out the divison term-wise gives us 100000 50000 + 1 = 2 + 1 = 3 \frac{100000}{50000} + 1 = 2 + 1 = 3 .

Rudra Jadon
Aug 5, 2017

Sum of n consecutive odd numbers(starting from 1) give n^2 eg. 1+3=4=2^2 hence we can denote S=1+3+5.......99999 as 50000^2=25×10^8 so in numerator it is written (5×10^9)+S and denominator is S so by putting value of S it simplifies to 3

Uahbid Dey
Mar 19, 2017

Angel Krastev
Dec 2, 2016

From the AP 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,..., start making ratios:

3/1=3; 1+3=4 see the little square size 2.

Increasing the denominator and numerator by one results in even sizes of squares.

And is always possible 2 green lines to divide every new square in 4 equal squares.

(5+7)/(1+3)=12/4=3; 4+12=16 see the larger square size 4.

And we can see every new square has 3 parts denominator and one part numerator.

(7+9+11)/(1+3+5)=27/9=3; 9+27=36 see the largest square size 6.

(9+11+13+15)/(1+3+5+7)=48/16=3; 16+48=64 and so on . . .size 8.

This way the ratio of 3 never changes.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75/25=3; 25+75=100 . . . size 10.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108/36=3; 36+108=144 . . . size 12.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . size 1000, size 1000000, size 1000000000 . . .

Dagh Nielsen
Nov 30, 2016

Multiply both numerator and denominator by 2 to make a copy in reverse order.

Numerator:

100001 + 100003 + 100005 + + 199995 + 199997 + 199999 100001+100003+100005+\ldots+199995+199997+199999 199999 + 199997 + 199995 + + 100005 + 100003 + 100001 199999+199997+199995+\ldots+100005+100003+100001

300000 + 300000 + 300000 + + 300000 + 300000 + 300000 300000+300000+300000+\ldots+300000+300000+300000

Denominator:

000001 + 000003 + 000005 + + 099995 + 099997 + 099999 099999 + 099997 + 099995 + + 000005 + 000003 + 000001 000001+000003+000005+\ldots+099995+099997+099999 \\ 099999+099997+099995+\ldots+000005+000003+000001

100000 + 100000 + 100000 + + 100000 + 100000 + 100000 100000+100000+100000+\ldots+100000+100000+100000

There is the same number of terms, so we get

300000 100000 = 3 \frac{300000}{100000}=\boxed{3}

The numerator and denominator is in the form of arithmetic progression. We need to get the sum of the progression on the numerator then divide it by the sum of the progression on the denominator.

S = n/2(a1 + an)

The answer is 3.

Jacob Jose
Aug 10, 2016

number of terms=50000 both in numerator & denominator Sum of Numerator = 100000 * 50000 + 50000 * 50000 (sum of 50000 odd numbers) = 5k *(1 lac+5k) Sum of Denominator = 5k * 5k (sum of 50000 odd numbers) Thus we have our final answer after cancelling out 5k both in numerator and denominator. Which is - 1,50,000/50,000 = 3

Armain Labeeb
Jun 22, 2016

First step is to find out how many terms there are on the numerator and the denominator. It is quite obvious that there are the same number of terms in the numerator and the denominator.

Here, the last term of the numerator is 199999 ( A n A_n ), first term is 100001 ( a a ), the common difference between two odd numbers is 2 ( d d ) A n = a + ( n 1 ) d 199999 = 100001 + 2 ( n 1 ) n = 199999 100001 + 2 2 n = 50000 A_{ n }=a+(n-1)d\\ 199999=100001+2(n-1)\\ n=\frac { 199999-100001+2 }{ 2 } \\ n=50000

Now we know,

1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + . . . . . . . . . . + A n = n 2 \underbrace { 1+3+5+7+..........+A_n } =n^{ 2 } n t e r m s \\ \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad n\quad terms

So,

1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + . . . + 99999 = 5000 0 2 1+3+5+7+...+99999=50000^{2}

and,

100001 + 100003 + 100005 + 100007 + . . . . . . . . + 199999 = 50000 ( 100000 ) + 5000 0 2 = 50000 ( 100000 + 50000 ) = 50000 × 150000 \quad 100001+100003+100005+100007+........+199999\\ =50000(100000)+50000^{ 2 }\\ =50000(100000+50000)\\ =50000\times 150000

Thus we have,

50000 ( 150000 ) 50000 ( 50000 ) = 150000 50000 = 3 \large \quad \frac { 50000(150000) }{ 50000(50000) } \\ \large=\frac { 150000 }{ 50000 } \\ =\large \boxed { 3 }

Raymond Johnson
Jun 5, 2016

My solution was similar. 1 + 3 + + ( 2 n 1 ) = n 2 1 + 3 + + 99999 = n 2 2 n 1 = 99999 n = 50000 similarly 1 + 3 + + 199999 = k 2 k = 100000. In the numerator we have 100001 + 100003 + + 199999 = ( 1 + 3 + + 199999 ) ( 1 + 3 + + 99999 ) = k 2 n 2 hence 10000 0 2 5000 0 2 5000 0 2 = 10000 0 2 5000 0 2 1 = ( 100000 50000 ) 2 1 = 2 2 1 = 4 1 = 3 1+3+\cdots+(2n-1)=n^2\\ 1+3+\cdots+99999=n^2\Rightarrow\\ 2n-1=99999\Rightarrow n=50000\\ \text{similarly}\\ 1+3+\cdots+199999=k^2\Rightarrow k=100000.\\ \text{In the numerator we have}\\ 100001+100003+\cdots+199999=\\ (1+3+\cdots +199999)-(1+3+\cdots+99999)=k^2-n^2\\ \text{hence} \frac{100000^2-50000^2}{50000^2}=\frac {100000^2}{50000^2}-1=\left (\frac {100000}{50000}\right)^2-1=2^2-1=4-1=3

Christoff Kruger
Apr 17, 2016

Firstly: 100001+100003+...+199999 100000N+1+3+...+99999

Thus by breaking it apart between 100000N and 1 and dividing: 100000N/ (1+3+5+7+...+99999) +1 Equation (1)

So for the series expand the last 4 as well as the first 4 1+3+5+7+....+99993+99995+99997+99999

Then first and last sums up, the 2nd and 2nd last sums up etc. So that: 1+99999 + 3+99997 + 5+99995+.. =100000*N/2 Equation (2)

But the series can be shown to be showed by: N + (N-1)= 2N-1 Calculating the number of terms: 99999=2N-1 50000=N

Thus Equation (1) can be expressed as follows: 100000N/(100000*N/2) + 1 Equation (3)

By substituting 50000 into equation 3:

2+1 =3

My solution was this:

100001 + 100003 + . . . + 199999 1 + 3 + . . . + 99999 = 10000 k + n = 0 n = k 1 2 n + 1 n = 0 n = k 1 2 n + 1 = 100000 k n = 0 n = k 1 2 n + 1 + 1 \frac{100001 + 100003 + ... + 199999}{1+3+...+99999} = \frac{10000k + \sum\limits_{n=0}^{n=k-1}2n+1}{\sum\limits_{n=0}^{n=k-1}2n+1}=\frac{100000k}{\sum\limits_{n=0}^{n=k-1}2n+1}+1

The sum equals:

n = 0 n = k 1 2 n + 1 = 1 + 2 ( k 1 ) + 1 2 k = k 2 \sum\limits_{n=0}^{n=k-1}2n+1 = \frac{1+2(k-1)+1}{2}k = k^2

And the result is:

100000 k + 1 = 3 \frac{100000}{k}+1 = 3

Because k = 100000 2 k = \frac{100000}{2}

Snigdha Dash
Mar 11, 2016

This is simple AP nothing else

Mindy Leslie
Dec 23, 2015

if you reduce this down to 101-199 over 1+3 ... 99 you get n^2+100n/n^2 ==> there are 50 terms between => n = 50..

50^2+100(50)/50^2
(2500+5000)/2500 7500/2500 3

Moderator note:

It's not clear to me what you mean by "if you reduce this down to ... (expression in n)". It would help to define the general case that you are looking at.

Instead of using 100001 I simplified it to 101-199, which allowed me to determine the equation to be: n^2 + 100n/n^2... which is a much simpler mathematical equation. I 'm guessing, I could have simplified the equation w/o plugging in the numbers for a refined answer, but I found it easier to do the math in this example.

Mindy Leslie - 5 years, 5 months ago
Lion Soul
Oct 23, 2015

Sum of n odd terms = n 2 {n}^{2}

n =( last term +1) / 2

--> n=50000.

Now express all numbers in terms of 100000 and take it common.

100000+3,10000+5,.....,100000+99999 = ( 100000 × n ) + 1 + 3 + 5 + 7.... + 99999 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + . . . + 99999 =\frac{(100000×n) + 1+3+5+7....+99999}{1+3+5+7+...+99999} = ( 100000 × n ) + ( n 2 ) ( n 2 ) =\frac { (100000×n )+(n^2) } { (n^2)} = 100000 n + 1 =\frac{100000}{n}+1 ; n=50000 = 2 + 1 = 3 = 2+1 = 3

Matthew Burr
Oct 21, 2015

100001 + 100003 + 100005 + + 199999 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 = 100000 + + 100000 + 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 = 50000 100000 + 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 1 + 3 + 5 + + 99999 = 50000 100000 5000 0 2 + 1 = 2 + 1 = 3 \begin{aligned} \frac{100001+100003+100005+ \ldots + 199999}{1+3+5+\ldots+99999} &= \frac{100000+\ldots+100000+1+3+5+\ldots+99999}{1+3+5+\ldots+99999} \\ &=\frac{50000\cdot100000+1+3+5+\ldots+99999}{1+3+5+\ldots+99999} \\ &=\frac{50000\cdot100000}{50000^{2}}+1 \\ &=2+1 \\ &=3 \end{aligned}

Sadasiva Panicker
Oct 13, 2015

Both Nr. & dr are Aps, No. of termsof Nr= (199999 -100001)/2 + 1=49999, no. of terms in Dr. also 49999, Then, Sum of Nr / Dr =n/2(a +an) divided by n/2(b+bn) = 49999/2(100001+199999) by49999/2x(1+99999) = 150000/50000 =3

Chetan Pinto
Jan 12, 2015

Numerator can be totalled by adding 2 pairs --> 100001 + 199999, 100003 + 199997 and so on for 50000 times ==> 300000 * 50000 Denominator is similarly --> 1+99999, 3+99997 and so on for 50000 times ==> 100000 * 50000 Numerator / Denominator = 300000/100000 = 3!

Dennis Seda
Jan 2, 2015

Numerator:

First, pair up the first and last terms, then the second and second-to-last terms, and so on.

100,001 + 199,999 = 300,000, and 100,003 + 199,997 = 300,000, etc.

From 100,001 to 200,000 (counting the even numbers), there are 100,000 numbers, and therefore 50,000 pairs that add up to 300 ,000. Since we are dealing with the sum of the odd pairs only, there are 25 ,00 pairs that add up to 300,000. For simplicity, we will not evaluate this yet. Instead, the sum of the numerator is

300,000 x 25,000

Denominator:

Using the same idea:

1 + 99 999 = 100 000, 3 + 99 997 = 100 000, etc.

From 1 to 100,000, there are 100,000 numbers, or 50,000 pairs that add up to 100,000. There are 25,000 odd-number pairs. The sum is

100,000 x 25,000

Final Sum:

=(300,000 x 25,000) / (100,000 x 25,000)

=(300,000) / (100,000 ), where the 25,000s cancel out.

= 3

Biswajit Bhowmik
Dec 3, 2014

(100000+1+100000+3+...)/1+3+5.... A total of 50000 nos so (100000*50000 + 50000^2)/50000^2 = 3 (since 1+3+5+...n= n^2)

Nehem Tudu
Dec 1, 2014

for denominator part summation of no.s is (99999 100000/2)-49999 50000=2500000000, for numerator we can write 100000+1+100000+2+100000+3+.........+100000+99999= 5000000000+2500000000=7500000000, 7500000000/2500000000=3

Michael Hardy
Nov 30, 2014

Finding the two sums and then dividing is the hard way. The average term on top is the average of 100 , 001 100,001 and 199 , 999 199,999 ; thus it is 150 , 000 150,000 . The average on the bottom is similarly found; it is 50 , 000 50,000 . And the top and the bottom have equally many terms. So it's just 150 , 000 / 50 , 000 150,000/50,000 , which is 3 3 .

I'd have written 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + + 99999 1+3+5+7+9+11+\cdots+99999 (with \cdots) or at least 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + + 99999 1+3+5+7+9+11+\ldots+99999 rather than 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + . . . + 99999 1+3+5+7+9+11+...+99999 (with just three dots: ... ). Notice the resulting asymmetry: the leftmost dot is closer to the nearby plus sign than the rightmost dot is to its nearby plus sign. And if you do this is genuine LaTeX (which is not limited to math notation) as opposed to this stripped-down thing, the use of actual dots will neglect proper spacing between the dots.

Armdin Valmoria
Nov 27, 2014

Well-done everyone.

Arka Mukhopadhyay
Nov 26, 2014

The numerator can be (100000+100000+100000+... 50000times) + 1+3 +5+....+99999. This latter portion can be divided by denominator to give 1. Now, (100000+100000+...) can be written as 100000 X 50000. The denominator can, among other things be seen as an Arithmetic Progression with a=1, n=50000, d=2. Therefore, the sum of the denominator is 25 X (10^8) after calculations. Thus, (5 X (10^9))/(25 X (10^8))=2. The answer, 2+1=3

Swainson Holness
Nov 4, 2014

Notice that 1+3+5+...+2n-1=n^2. One can prove this using mathematical induction. Therefore if ...+99999=2n-1 then n=50000. Therefore

(100000n+n^2)/n^2=(100000+n)/n=150000/50000=15/5=3

Briken Fmj
Nov 4, 2014

let the no of terms of denominator be 'n' and its sum be 's'. we can write the numerator as 10000+1+10000+3+10000+5.......... so,the eqn would become (10000 n+ s)/s. we know that , for an AP, s= (n/2) (a1+aN). a1 + aN =10000. so s= (n/2)*10000. apply it in the eqn.....the answer is 3.

Goutham Rockzz
Nov 1, 2014

calculate n by using An=a+(n-1)d, we get n=50000,here the series is in AP.sum of n terms in AP S=n/2(a+l)........by substuting we get 3 isthe answer..............

Raquibul Hussain
Oct 31, 2014

let f be that fraction

numerator become (3/2)*9999900000=n (say)

and denominator becomes (1/2)*9999900000=d (say)

hence f becomes n/d = 3

hence the result.

Ramendra Thakur
Oct 31, 2014

Applying
odd nos. sum theorem n^2 and last no. 99999=2n-1, we get sum as 50000^2, now on numerator writing 100001/100003....as 100000+1/100000+3...., and then simplifying we get 100000*50000+50000^2 as numerator and denominator is 50000^2, dividing and solving we get 3 as answer.

Muteeb Basha
Oct 29, 2014

no of terms in numerator are 50000 and the sum of 1st and last term is 300000 similarly 2nd and 2nd last then we get( 25000)(300000) and denominator (25000)(100000) and answer is 3

let us divide the problem into two parts, a = (100000+100000+......+100000)/(1+3+5+......+99999) and b = (1+3+5+.....+99999)/(1+3+5+........+99999). It is obvious that b=1. now coming to a we see that every pair p and (n-p+1) adds up to 100000 making the total sum of the denominator half of that of the numerator. So a = 2 and hence the number = a+b, i.e. 2+1 = 3

Anubhav Balodhi
Oct 26, 2014

The number of terms is series, n= (99,999+1)/2 = 50,000. odd series.

The numerator of this fraction can be re-written as( (100000+1) + (100000+3) + (100000+5) + ... (100000+99999) ) On rearranging, we get numerator as (100000+100000+... 50,000 times) (1+3+5+...99999) which is denominator itself.

so fraction simplies to (100,000)(50,000) (1+3+5+...99999) + 1

denominator can be rewritten as 50,000^2 , summation of odd series.

hence the fraction becomes (100,000)(50,000) /(50,000^2) + 1 which gives 2+1 = 3

Ashvin Jaishankar
Oct 26, 2014

The sum of the first n positive odd integers is n^2, so the denominator works out to (50,000)^2.

Rewrite the numerator as (100,000 + 1) + (100,000 + 3) + ....... + (100,000 + 99,999), which simplifies to (100,000)(50,000) + (50,000)^2

Now you can break up the fraction as [(100,000)(50,000)]/(50000)^2 + 1 = 2 + 1 = 3

Das Pillai
Oct 25, 2014

Write a solution. Numerator and dr contains same number of terms ,so only ist term + last term /1st term + last term =300000/100000=3

Abdullah Mahmoud
Oct 4, 2014

= (100000 * n + x)/x where x = (1+3+5+...+99999) also x= 100000 n/2 so, (100000 * n + x)/x = (100000 * n +100000 n/2)/(100000 n/2) = 3

Engr Mehtab
Oct 2, 2014

s=n/2(a+1)

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