SOLUTION: If you have 100 miles to travel and you begin at 100 MPH then for every mile you travel you slow down 1 MPH until you reach your destination, how long will it take you to travel th

Question 1015815: If you have 100 miles to travel and you begin at 100 MPH then for every mile you travel you slow down 1 MPH until you reach your destination, how long will it take you to travel the 100 miles?
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If you have 100 miles to travel and you begin at 100 MPH then for every mile you travel you slow down 1 MPH until you reach your destination, how long will it take you to travel the 100 miles?
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 hour for the 1-st mile,

 hour for the 2-nd mile,

 hour for the 3-rd mile,

. . . . . . . .

 = 1 hour for the 100-th mile.

Answer. The sum  +  +  + . . . + .

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