What is the difference between the sum of the first 2015 even counting numbers and the sum of the first 2015 odd counting numbers?
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The difference between n number of even and odd terms is n.
sum of even numbers- sum of odd numbers. So is sum of even is = n 2 + n
Sum odd numbers= n 2 .
So plug 2015 for n,
= ( 2 0 1 5 2 + 2 0 1 5 ) − ( 2 0 1 5 2 ) = 2 0 1 5 ⇒ 2 0 1 5 .
Hey, what about 0 as the first even number?
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Chhaya, Even 'counting' numbers does not include 0.
Sum=(2-1)+(4-3)+(6-5)+++++++++
Every pair will leave one, there are 2015 pairs
so ans is 2015!
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The series is actually (2-1)+(3-2)+(4-3)+(5-4)+........2015 terms .Clearly the answer is 2015