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Question from MANDIRA, a teacher: I want to get the formula for expressing one number by summation of consecutive numbers . |
Hi Mandira,
How you write the summation notation depends on how many terms you want. Let's look at the summation notation for the first consecutive positive integers:
For the first 6 consecutive even inters:
For the first 6 consecutive odd integers (notice that the terms do not have to start at 1):
Hope this helps,
Janice
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