Find the sum

Algebra Level 2

Find the sum of all odd integers from 12 12 to 782 782 .


The answer is 152845.

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the first odd integer is 13 13 and the last odd integer is 781 781

The series of numbers form an arithmetic progression with a common difference of 2 2 . Let a 1 = 13 a_1=13 and a n = 781 a_n=781 .

a n = a 1 + ( n 1 ) d a_n=a_1+(n-1)d \implies 781 = 13 + ( n 1 ) 2 781=13+(n-1)2 \implies 384 = n 1 384=n-1 i m p l i e s implies n = 385 n=385

s = n 2 ( a 1 + a n ) s=\dfrac{n}{2}(a_1+a_n) \implies s = 385 2 ( 13 + 781 ) = s=\dfrac{385}{2}(13+781)= 152845 \boxed{152845}

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