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Algebra Level 2

201 5 2 1 1 + 2 + 3 + + 63 = ? \dfrac{2015^2 - 1}{1+2+3+\cdots + 63 } = \, ?


The answer is 2014.

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Isaac Reid
Dec 20, 2015

201 5 2 1 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + 63 \frac{2015^{2}-1}{1+2+3+...+63}

Recall the difference of two squares and the formula for the sum of an arithmetic sequence, 1 2 n ( n + 1 ) \frac{1}{2}n(n+1) .

= ( 2015 + 1 ) ( 2015 1 ) 1 2 × 63 × 64 \frac{(2015+1)(2015-1)}{\frac{1}{2}\times 63\times 64}

= 2016 × 2014 2016 \frac{2016\times 2014}{2016}

=2014

So the solution is 2014 \boxed{2014} .

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