document.write( "Question 1034674: what is the sum of the first 100 natural Numbers excluding the multiples if 4 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #649336 by Edwin McCravy(20056)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! That's (1+2+3+...+99+100)) - (4+8+12+...96+100)\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "There are 100 natural numbers \r\n" ); document.write( "and \r\n" ); document.write( "there are 25 multiples of 4 through 100, because if \r\n" ); document.write( "you divide all the numbers 4,8,12,...,96,100 by 4, \r\n" ); document.write( "you get 1,2,3,...,24,25. \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "We use the formula for the sum of an arithmetic series\r\n" ); document.write( "with n terms, first term a1, nth term an. \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " |