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The famous Mathematician associated with finding the sum of the first 100 natural numbers was ______.

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The famous Mathematician associated with finding the sum of the first 100 natural numbers was ______.

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Solution

The famous Mathematician associated with finding the sum of the first 100 natural numbers was Carl Friedrich Gauss.

Explanation:

Pair the terms 1 + 100, 2 + 99, 3 + 98, ..., each pair equals 101 and there are 50 such pairs, so the sum is 50 × 101 = 5050.

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Chapter 5: Arithmetic Progressions - FILL IN THE BLANK TYPE QUESTIONS (FBQs) [Page 5.46]

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R.D. Sharma Mathematics [English] Class 10
Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions
FILL IN THE BLANK TYPE QUESTIONS (FBQs) | Q 5. | Page 5.46
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