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Question 642467: I would like to know what the sum for the first 6000 integers are? and is there a formula for this?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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I would like to know what the sum for the first 6000 integers are? and is there a formula for this?
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You can make a formula.
1 to 6000 is 6000 integers
Make it 3000 pairs. 1 + 6000, 2 + 5999, 3 + 5998, etc
That's 3000 pairs, each = 6001
Sum = 3000*6001
Sum = 18003000