SOLUTION: consider the sequence -1, 2 , -3 , 4 , -5 ,. . . . -299, 300 . what is the average of this sequence of 300 numbers ?

Algebra.Com
Question 146558: consider the sequence -1, 2 , -3 , 4 , -5 ,. . . . -299, 300 . what is the average of this sequence of 300 numbers ?
Answer by oscargut(2103)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-1, 2 , -3 , 4 , -5 ,. . . . -299, 300= (-1+2)+(-3+4)+(-5+6)
........+(-299+300)= 1+1+ ....1 (150 ones)
so total is 150 ann average 150/300=0.5
Answer: 0.5

RELATED QUESTIONS

A number sequence is as follows: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, .... If 4 is the 1st number in the (answered by fractalier)
Find the sum of the series 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 10 + 11 + ... + 299, which is the sum... (answered by ikleyn)
Find the sum of the series 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 10 + 11 + ... + 299, which is the sum... (answered by ikleyn)
consider the following infinite sequence of numbers 17, 24, 31, 38, 45, 52. what is the... (answered by Edwin McCravy,richard1234)
Consider the sequence 24, 23 1\4, 22 1/2, ... which term of the sequence is... (answered by MathLover1,ikleyn)
if the nth term of a sequence is 4n-3 how many terms in the sequence are less than... (answered by KMST)
Consider the sequence of numbers: 1,7,17,31,49,71 What is the expression for the nth... (answered by Edwin McCravy,greenestamps)
Please help me answer by finding the sum of the following sequence of numbers:... (answered by checkley77,scott8148,Edwin McCravy)
The sum of two consecutive terms in the arithmetic sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, ... is 299. Find (answered by scott8148)