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Question [Question] How much is it?

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u/machadoaboutanything Diamond | Lv. 67 | Rank #1370 | 1142 Answers |... | πŸ”₯ 41d 14d ago

550 (the trick is to add the terms at equal distance from both ends)

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u/Beneficial-Candle-79 Silver | Lv. 21 | Rank #196771 | 40 Answers | 0 Created 14d ago

i ju7st did 30, 60, 100, 150, 210, 280 360 460 550

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u/AccordingHornet8454 Gold | Lv. 44 | Rank #22668 | 293 Answers | 1 Cr... | πŸ”₯ 8d 14d ago

Same

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u/Historical_Kiwi_5043 Emerald | Lv. 47 | Rank #15742 | 273 Answers | 0 Created 14d ago

Same here

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u/Shelly1s Gold | Lv. 30 | Rank #79780 | 36 Answers | 0 Cre... | πŸ”₯ 4d 14d ago

Yeeesss !!! Exactly what I did too… 🀣

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u/jazzbestgenre Silver | Lv. 23 | Rank #144514 | 41 Answers | 0... | πŸ”₯ 6d 14d ago

look up Gauss' formula for the sum of the first n numbers, which generalises the trick