Bai Lijun's answer to stephanie's Junior College 1 H2 Maths question.

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Bai Lijun
Bai Lijun's answer
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The working is very standard and important for math problem solving. You need to visualize the terms. Write the first k terms and last k terms in 2 rows and align the terms neatly. Then subtract them vertically, you will find that the difference of each pair is the same, which is (n-k)d. And there are k such pairs. So the answer follows. Let me know if you need further explanation.
stephanie
Stephanie
7 years ago
thank you for clarifying!