Posted by Meghan on Monday, May 10, 2010 at 8:02am.
close, but incorrect
there are only 150 terms in the sequence 2,4,6,.. 300
so according to Gauss, it would be
150(2+300)/2
= 22650
Proof: long way
a = 2 , d = 2
t(n) = a+(n-1)d
300 = 2 + (n-1)2
300 = 2 + 2n - 2
n = 150
S(150) = (150/2)(4 + 149(2))
= 22650
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