document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163462>Question 1163462</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> without computing each sum, find which is greater,O or E. O=5+7+9+...+99 and E=4+6+8+10+...+100? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Remove 4 from E and you have<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "O = 5+7+9+...+97+99<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E = 6+8+10+...+98+100<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In those two sums, the numbers of terms are the same, and each term of E is 1 more than the corresponding term of O.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So even without the term 4 in the given definition of E, E is greater than O.  So certainly with the additional term 4 in E, E is greater than O.<br><BR>\n" );
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