SOLUTION: find the sum of the first 328 even natural numbers

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Question 736265: find the sum of the first 328 even natural numbers
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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find the sum of the first 328 even natural numbers
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The of integers from 1 to 328
--> 328 numbers
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1 + 328
2 + 327
3 + 326
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164 + 165
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= (329/2)*164
= 26978

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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The other guy gave you the sum of the first 328 natural numbers. You wanted the first 328 EVEN natural numbers. The first of these is 2, and the last is 656 and we know that there are 328 numbers.

The sum of a series of numbers is given by

Where is the first number (2 in this case), is the last number (656 in this case), is the number of numbers (328 in this case). You can do your own arithmetic.

John

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