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==Problem== | |||
Find the value of the expression | Find the value of the expression | ||
<cmath>100-98+96-94+92-90+\cdots+8-6+4-2.</cmath><math>\textbf{(A) }20\qquad\textbf{(B) }40\qquad\textbf{(C) }50\qquad\textbf{(D) }80\qquad \textbf{(E) }100</math> | <cmath>100-98+96-94+92-90+\cdots+8-6+4-2.</cmath><math>\textbf{(A) }20\qquad\textbf{(B) }40\qquad\textbf{(C) }50\qquad\textbf{(D) }80\qquad \textbf{(E) }100</math> | ||
==Solution 1== | ==Solutions== | ||
===Solution 1=== | |||
We can group each subtracting pair together: | We can group each subtracting pair together: | ||
<cmath>(100-98)+(96-94)+(92-90)+ \ldots +(8-6)+(4-2).</cmath> | <cmath>(100-98)+(96-94)+(92-90)+ \ldots +(8-6)+(4-2).</cmath> | ||
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There are <math>50</math> even numbers, therefore there are <math>\dfrac{50}{2}=25</math> even pairs. Therefore the sum is <math>2 \cdot 25=\boxed{\textbf{(C) }50}</math> | There are <math>50</math> even numbers, therefore there are <math>\dfrac{50}{2}=25</math> even pairs. Therefore the sum is <math>2 \cdot 25=\boxed{\textbf{(C) }50}</math> | ||
==Solution 2== | ===Solution 2=== | ||
Since our list does not end with one, we divide every number by 2 and we end up with | Since our list does not end with one, we divide every number by 2 and we end up with | ||
<cmath>50-49+48-47+ \ldots +4-3+2-1</cmath> | <cmath>50-49+48-47+ \ldots +4-3+2-1</cmath> | ||
Revision as of 02:53, 16 January 2021
Problem
Find the value of the expression
![\[100-98+96-94+92-90+\cdots+8-6+4-2.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/2/7/027ea184e9e3fde749ba37eb702069fa8e201387.png)
Solutions
Solution 1
We can group each subtracting pair together:
![\[(100-98)+(96-94)+(92-90)+ \ldots +(8-6)+(4-2).\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/f/f/cff0f3dd48ced41da7d2575921b5c0bf5f526e04.png)
After subtracting, we have:
![\[2+2+2+\ldots+2+2=2(1+1+1+\ldots+1+1).\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/f/9/1f98cf231e1203e5b694c0eeb37a06c9a99763f5.png)
There are 
even numbers, therefore there are 
even pairs. Therefore the sum is 
Solution 2
Since our list does not end with one, we divide every number by 2 and we end up with
![\[50-49+48-47+ \ldots +4-3+2-1\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/d/4/2/d42ae896c5dc414cbf054c2400e60d91abdeffd0.png)
We can group each subtracting pair together:
![\[(50-49)+(48-47)+(46-45)+ \ldots +(4-3)+(2-1).\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/a/d/7ad418f42d4e4cb58369b973f60676ac04efabcc.png)
There are now 
pairs of numbers, and the value of each pair is 
. This sum is . However, we divided by 
originally so we will multiply 
to get the final answer of 
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