Use Gauss’s approach to find the following sums. Do this without using formulas. (a) 1 + 2 + 3 + · · · + 71 (b) 1 + 3 + 5 + · · · + 2021
Use Gauss’s approach to find the following sums. Do this without using formulas. (a) 1 + 2 + 3 + · · · + 71 (b) 1 + 3 + 5 + · · · + 2021
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
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Chapter10: Sequences, Series, And Probability
Section10.1: Infinite Sequences And Summation Notation
Problem 72E
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Use Gauss’s approach to find the following sums. Do this without using formulas.
(a) 1 + 2 + 3 + · · · + 71
(b) 1 + 3 + 5 + · · · + 2021
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