Find the Number of Terms in the Sequence or the Sum

question 24

Multiple Choice

Find the number of terms in the sequence or the sum of the sequence as requested.
-Find the sum of the following arithmetic sequence. 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + 500

• A)125,000
• B)251,001
• C)62,500
• D)125,250

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