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What is the difference between the sums of the first (70) and first (60) natural numbers?

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Correct answer: 655

Subtracting the sum of the first 60 natural numbers from the sum of the first 70 leaves only the numbers from 61 to 70. Thus, the difference is \(61+62+\cdots+70\). This is an arithmetic progression with 10 terms, so its sum is \(\frac{10}{2}(61+70)=5\times131=655\). Therefore, 655 is correct. 645 is incorrect because the average of the 10 numbers from 61 to 70 is \(65.5\), giving a total of \(10\times65.5=655\). Exam tip: The difference between two “first n” sums equals the sum of the terms left in between.

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Natural NumbersSum FormulaArithmetic ProgressionSequences And ProgressionsClass 9 MathematicsSum Of First N Natural NumbersMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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