Pyramid Investigations 5 – Fifty Tall

Algebra Level 1

What is the value of the expression:

1 + 2 + 3 + + 49 + 50 + 49 + + 3 + 2 + 1 ? 1 + 2 + 3 + \dots + 49 + 50 + 49 + \dots + 3 + 2 + 1?

This problem is part of the Pyramid Investigations Set .


The answer is 2500.

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28 solutions

Read Investmtu
Mar 30, 2014

It's equal to 2 × ( 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + . . . . . . + 40 + 41 + 42 + 44 + 50 ) 50 2\times(1+2+3+4+5+... ...+40+41+42+44+50)-50 = ( 51 × 50 ) 50 (51\times50)-50

= 50 × 50 50\times50 = 2500 \boxed{2500}

take the middle no. and make it a square value which gives the answer. in this problem 50 is the middle no. and then making 50^2 gives 2500

Sarath Ceh - 7 years, 2 months ago

Well,that's how I solved it.

read investmtu - 7 years, 2 months ago

mid term square here 50 so 2500

Abhishek Agrawal - 7 years, 2 months ago

50^2 = 2500

Kent Adoniram Paguinto - 7 years, 2 months ago

take sum of 1 to 49 and 1 to 50 using famous fromula for sume of consecutive numbers then put them together.

Jethro Gallardo - 7 years, 2 months ago

means the pyramid has 50 lines which is also the middle number, therefore 50^2 = 2500

Corner Brian - 7 years, 2 months ago

c

Hakim Harati - 7 years, 2 months ago

great

farid rony - 7 years, 2 months ago

i solved it

Rakib Hossen Fuhat - 7 years, 1 month ago

50^2 gives 2500

Harikesh Yadav - 7 years, 1 month ago

Did the long way round

Pilol Kumang - 7 years, 1 month ago

square of highest term= n n=50 50=2500

Mukul Saxena - 7 years, 2 months ago
John Aries Sarza
May 24, 2014

n 2 = 50 2 = 2500 { n }^{ 2 }={ 50 }^{ 2 }=2500

Prasun Biswas
Mar 30, 2014

Refer to the solution of this problem which suggests that 1 + 2 + 3 + . . + ( n 1 ) + n + ( n 1 ) + . . . + 3 + 2 + 1 = n 2 1+2+3+..+(n-1)+n+(n-1)+...+3+2+1=n^2 .

Using this fact, we can solve the problem easily like this ---->

1 + 2 + 3 + . . . . + 49 + 50 + 49 + . . . . . + 3 + 2 + 1 = 5 0 2 = 2500 1+2+3+....+49+50+49+.....+3+2+1=50^2=\boxed{2500}

That's very correct

Devashish Kopargaonkar - 7 years, 2 months ago

another way of solving the problem is (49) (50)/2 +(50) (51)/2....this is simply N(N+1)/2

CA Madhur Sharma - 7 years, 1 month ago

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Yes, that's how the formula of the sum = n 2 =n^2 was derived. See the link I posted along with this solution. See the proof I wrote there. We use the formula 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . . + q = q ( q + 1 ) 2 1+2+3+....+q=\frac{q(q+1)}{2} to derive this expression -->

S = 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . . + ( n 1 ) + n + ( n 1 ) + . . . . + 3 + 2 + 1 = n 2 S=1+2+3+....+(n-1)+n+(n-1)+....+3+2+1=n^2 .

Prasun Biswas - 7 years, 1 month ago
Bhavesh Bhagde
Mar 29, 2014

50^2=2500

50^2=2500

Archies Dubey - 7 years, 2 months ago
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Feb 27, 2021

1 + 2 + 3 + + 49 + 50 + 49 + + 3 + 2 + 1 = ( 1 + 2 + + 49 ) × 2 + 50 = ( 50 × 24 ) + 25 × 2 + 50 = ( 1200 + 25 ) × 2 + 50 = 1225 × 2 + 50 = 2450 + 50 = 2500 1 + 2 + 3 + \cdots + 49 + 50 + 49 + \cdots + 3 + 2 + 1 = ( 1 + 2 + \cdots + 49 ) \times 2 + 50 = { ( 50 \times 24 ) + 25 } \times 2 + 50 = ( 1200 + 25 ) \times 2 + 50 = 1225 \times 2 + 50 = 2450 + 50 = \boxed { 2500 }

Adityo Hassan
Feb 16, 2015

It's pretty easy. All you have to do is square the middle number of the expression , which is 50 over here.

Henrique Ribeiro
Jul 5, 2014

Probably it's not the best, but I solved this question this way: using the Gauss sum, the sum of 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 50 = 1275. Then, 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 48 = 1176. The sum 49 + 1176 = 1225. So, 1275 + 1225 = 2500.

5 0 2 = 2500 50^2=2500

Jai Prakash
May 11, 2014

sum of n term of series 1+2+3+------------- is n(n+1)/2 so 49 50/2 + 50 + 49 50/2

Miguel Ortiz
Apr 17, 2014

Having this succession 1+2+3+4 ....... 49+50+49 ..........+4+3+2+1 +1+2+3+4 +(n–1) + n ....... 49+50+49........ +(n–1) + n ..... +4+3+2+1 = n^2 50^2 = 2500

Sehrish Gallant
Apr 15, 2014

2500 !.

Harikesh Yadav
Apr 15, 2014

50^2 gives 2500

Dhan Raj
Apr 14, 2014

50(50+1)/2+49(49+1)/2=(50/2)(51+49)=50*100/2=50^2=2500

50^2=2500

Ramji Varadarajan
Apr 10, 2014

We know that from the previous problems, the pyramids follow the pattern of n^2. Hence, taking the middle no 50 as 50^2 =2500 is the answer we get.

2(1+2+3+.........................+49)+50 will be2500

50*50=2500

Ruhul Amin
Apr 4, 2014

(x-2)+(x-1)+x+(x-2)+(x-1)= X^2

Oliver Daniel
Apr 4, 2014

It is just the square of 50 the highest term in the sequence.

Brabect Rajan
Apr 4, 2014

n=50 thus n^2=2500

Clay Young
Apr 3, 2014

Dumb, dumb, dumb...2500.

Abdallah Alkady
Apr 3, 2014

50^2=2500

Diane Leceb
Apr 3, 2014

A famous mathmatician said, to find the sum of numbers: (first number x last number) x number of numbers divided by 2. So simply use this equation to find the sum until 50 (1+50)x 50 Divided by 2 =1275 Than because you already have 50, Find the sum of numbers between 1 and 49 (1+49)x49 Dixided by 2 =1225 Than add 1275+1225 =2500

Palwasha Rauf
Apr 3, 2014

since we know that 1+2+...+(n+1)+n+(n+1)+...+2+1=n^2 by comparing given equation and above equation we find that n=50 so 50^2=2500

Shailesh Patel
Apr 2, 2014

50^2=2500

Krishna Garg
Apr 2, 2014

Total nos are from 1 to 50 in acsending ,than in decending so sum is 50X50 =2500 Ans K.K.GARG.India

Himanshu Joshi
Apr 1, 2014

sum of n no`s upto n= n (n+1)/2; so solution is 2 (49*(49+1)/2) + 50 = 2500

Chen Yuan
Apr 1, 2014

Mid of the number = 50 So, 50^2 = 2500

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