I have 999 consecutive positive integers such that the sum of squares of the first 500 integers is equals to the sum of squares of the last 499 integers. What is the average of these 999 numbers?
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Let the middle number be x, and the first 500, ( x − 4 9 9 ) , ( x − 4 9 8 ) , . . . ( . x − 1 ) , x a n d t h e l a s t 4 9 9 , ( x + 1 ) , ( x + 2 ) , . . . ( x + 4 9 9 ) Squaring adding and equating, ( x − 4 9 9 ) 2 + ( x − 4 9 8 ) 2 + . . . + ( x − 1 ) 2 + x 2 = ( x + 1 ) 2 + ( x + 2 ) + . . . ( x + 4 9 9 ) 2 R e d u c e s t o , x 2 = 4 x ∗ ( 4 9 9 + 4 9 8 + . . . 2 + 1 ) = 4 x ∗ 2 4 9 9 ∗ 5 0 0 = 4 9 9 0 0 0 x ⟹ t h e a v e r a g e = m i d d l e t e r m = x = 4 9 9 0 0 0
Let n be the least of the sequence of 9 9 9 integers. Then the average of these numbers will be n + 4 9 9 . Now we are given that
k = n ∑ n + 4 9 9 k 2 = k = n + 5 0 0 ∑ n + 9 9 8 k 2
⟹ ( n + 4 9 9 ) 2 = k = n ∑ n + 4 9 8 ( ( k + 5 0 0 ) 2 − k 2 )
⟹ ( n + 4 9 9 ) 2 = k = n ∑ n + 4 9 8 ( 1 0 0 0 k + 5 0 0 2 )
⟹ ( n + 4 9 9 ) 2 = ( 1 0 0 0 k = n ∑ n + 4 9 8 k ) + 4 9 9 ∗ 5 0 0 2
⟹ ( n + 4 9 9 ) 2 = 5 0 0 ( ( n + 4 9 8 ) ( n + 4 9 9 ) − ( n − 1 ) n ) + 4 9 9 ∗ 5 0 0 2 =
5 0 0 ( 9 9 8 n + 4 9 8 ∗ 4 9 9 ) + 4 9 9 ∗ 5 0 0 2 =
5 0 0 ∗ 9 9 8 ∗ ( n + 2 4 9 ) + 4 9 9 ∗ 5 0 0 2 =
5 0 0 ∗ 9 9 8 ∗ ( n + 2 4 9 + 2 5 0 ) = 5 0 0 ∗ 9 9 8 ∗ ( n + 4 9 9 )
⟹ n + 4 9 9 = 5 0 0 ∗ 9 9 8 = 4 9 9 0 0 0 .
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Take the 500-th number as k . This is the average of the 999 numbes.
Now,
i = 0 ∑ 4 9 9 ( k − i ) 2 = i = 1 ∑ 4 9 9 ( k + i ) 2
Thus,
k 2 = i = 1 ∑ 4 9 9 ( ( k + i ) 2 − ( k − i ) 2 )
k 2 = i = 1 ∑ 4 9 9 ( 2 k ) ( 2 i )
k = 4 i = 1 ∑ 4 9 9 i = 4 2 4 9 9 ∗ 5 0 0 = 4 9 9 0 0 0