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What is the value of S₁₀₀ − 2S₅₀, where Sₙ = 1 + 2 + ⋯ + n?

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Correct answer: 2500

Direct answer: option C, 2500. Use Sₙ = n(n + 1)/2. The first sum is S₁₀₀ = 100 × 101/2 = 5050. The second is S₅₀ = 50 × 51/2 = 1275. Because the expression has 2S₅₀, calculate 2 × 1275 = 2550. Then subtract: 5050 − 2550 = 2500. Option A, 2400, and option B, 2450, do not follow from the correct partial sums and may arise from arithmetic slips. Option C is correct because the coefficient 2 is included. Option D, 2550, is merely the value of 2S₅₀ before the final subtraction, so selecting it means the last step was omitted. Memory cue: evaluate every sum and every coefficient before carrying out the final addition or subtraction.

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SequencesPartial-SumsCoefficientsSum-FormulaSum Of First N Natural NumbersSequences And ProgressionsMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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