A student wanted to find the sum of all the even numbers from 1 to 100. He said: The sum of all the even numbers from 1 to 100 is twice the sum of all the odd numbers from 1 to 100. The sum of all the odd numbers from 1 to 100 is 1002. Explain why each of these statements is incorrect. HELP ME ASAP

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Statement 1

Twice the sum of the odd numbers would be:

[tex]2(1+3+5+\cdots+99)=2+6+10+\cdots+198[/tex], which is not equal to the sum of all the even numbers from 1 to 100.

Statement 2

The sum of all the odd numbers from 1 to 100 can be thought of as an arithmetic sequence containing 50 terms, with first term 1 and common difference 2. This means the sum of the series would be:

[tex]\frac{50}{2}[2(1)+(50-1)(2)]=2500[/tex]

which is not equal to 1002.

The statement 1 and the statement 2 are incorrect.

The sum of the arithmetic series of first term a₁ and common difference d will be s= n/2{2a₁+(n-1)d

Statement 1:

Given in statement 1, Twice the sum of the odd numbers would be:

2(1+3+5+7.......+99)=2+6+10+14+.....198

which is not equal to the sum of all the even numbers from 1 to 100.

Statement 2:

The sum of all the odd numbers from 1 to 100 can be calculated as follows where this is an arithmetic sequence of 50 terms, where the first term is 1 and the common difference is 2. This means the sum of the arithmetic series would be:

s= n/2{2a₁+(n-1)d}

putting the above formula

a₁=1

n=50

d=2

s= 50/2{2(1)+(50-1)2} = 25{2+98} =2500 ≠1002

which is not equal to 1002.

Therefore statement 1 and 2 are incorrect.

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