document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1013654>Question 1013654</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A number sequence is as follows: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, .... If 4 is the 1st number in the sequence what is the sum of the first 300 numbers in the sequence? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of the first 300 integers:  1,2,3,4,5,... is found by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S = n(n+1)/2 = 300*301/2 = 45150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but since our sequence is four times that, that is, ours goes by 4,8,12,16,...,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we will merely multiply our answer by four and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S = 4*45150 = 180600 </SPAN>\n" );
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