SOLUTION: What is the ratio of the sum of the odd integers between 0 and 100, to the sum of the odd integers between 100 and 200 ? express your answer as a common fraction?

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Question 268125: What is the ratio of the sum of the odd integers between 0 and 100, to the sum of the odd integers between 100 and 200 ? express your answer as a common fraction?
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The sum of the first odd integers is

There are 50 odd integers between 0 and 100, so the sum of these is . There are 100 odd integers between 0 and 200. The sum of these is , but this is 2500 larger than the sum of the odd integers between 100 and 200, so:



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