2002 AMC 10P Problems/Problem 2
Problem 2
The sum of eleven consecutive integers is 
What is the smallest of these integers?
Solution 1
We can use the sum of an arithmetic series to solve this problem.
Let the first integer equal 
The last integer in this string will be 
Plugging in 
and 
into 
we get:
\begin{align*} \frac{11(a + a+10)}{2}&=2002 \\ 11(2a+10)&=4004 \\ 2a+10&=364 \\ 2a&=354 \\ a&=177\\ \end{align*}
Thus, our answer is 
Solution 2
We can directly add everything up since 
is so little.
Similar to the first solution, let the first integer equal The last integer in this string will be
\begin{align*} a + (a + 1) + (a + 2) + \; \dots \; + (a + 10) &= 2002 \\ 11a + (1 + 2 + \; \dots \; + 10) &= 2002 \\ 11a + 55 &= 2002 \\ 11a &= 1947 \\ a &= \frac{1947}{11} \\ a &= 177 \\ \end{align*}
Thus, our answer is
See Also
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