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Different A.P.'s are constructed with the first term 100, the last term 199, and integral common differences. The sum of the common differences of all such A.P.'s having at least 3 terms and at most 33 terms is .
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- Set up the condition for the A.P.
Let the A.P. have:
- first term
- last term
- common difference
- number of terms
For an A.P., So,
Thus, must be a positive divisor of , and
- Apply the condition on number of terms
We need Using :
Lower bound:
So .
Upper bound:
So since is an integer.
Therefore, must be a divisor of satisfying
- List all positive divisors of
Since its positive divisors are
Among these, those in the range are:
- Check the corresponding number of terms
- For :
- For :
- For :
All satisfy .
- Sum the common differences
Therefore, the required sum is
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