87. The sum of all the integers k such that −26 < k < 24 is
(A) 0
(B) −2
(C) −25
(D) −49
(E) −51
i don't understand why the answer is D
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Hi Azizakaria,
We're limited to the INTEGERS that fall in the range -26 < K < 24....so that would be....
-25, -24, -23.....0.....22, 23
Each of the positive integers form 1 to 23 (inclusive) would be 'cancelled out' by the negative integers from -1 to -23 (inclusive). The sum of ALL of those terms would be 0. But then you have to consider the other remaining integers: -24 and -25. Adding those two numbers gets us -49.
Final Answer: D
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We're limited to the INTEGERS that fall in the range -26 < K < 24....so that would be....
-25, -24, -23.....0.....22, 23
Each of the positive integers form 1 to 23 (inclusive) would be 'cancelled out' by the negative integers from -1 to -23 (inclusive). The sum of ALL of those terms would be 0. But then you have to consider the other remaining integers: -24 and -25. Adding those two numbers gets us -49.
Final Answer: D
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(-25) + (-24) + (-23) + (-22) + (-21) + . . . . .+ 21 + 22 + 23Azizakaria wrote:87. The sum of all the integers k such that −26 < k < 24 is
(A) 0
(B) −2
(C) −25
(D) −49
(E) −51
i don't understand why the answer is D
Notice that the blue values all cancel out, because for each positive value, there's a negative value with the same magnitude (e.g., -23 + 23 = 0, and -22 + 22 = 0, etc)
So, we're left with (-25) + (-24), which equals -49
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