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Find the sum of the first 9 terms of the following series, to the nearest integer.

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Find the sum of the first 99 terms of the following series, to the nearest integer.\newline4,6,9, 4,6,9, \ldots \newlineAnswer:

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Q. Find the sum of the first 99 terms of the following series, to the nearest integer.\newline4,6,9, 4,6,9, \ldots \newlineAnswer:
  1. Determine Type: Determine if the series is arithmetic or geometric.\newlineThe series does not have a common difference or a common ratio between terms, so it is neither a standard arithmetic nor a geometric series. However, we can observe that each term seems to be increasing by a factor that itself increases by 11 each time. This suggests that the series is neither arithmetic nor geometric, but we can still calculate the sum by finding a pattern or rule for the series.
  2. Find Pattern: Find the pattern or rule for the series.\newlineThe first term is 44. To get the second term, we add 22 (4+2=64 + 2 = 6). To get the third term, we add 33 to the second term (6+3=96 + 3 = 9). It seems that with each step, we are adding an incrementally increasing integer starting from 22. Let's continue this pattern to find the next six terms.
  3. Calculate Next Terms: Calculate the next six terms using the pattern.\newline44th term: 9+4=139 + 4 = 13\newline55th term: 13+5=1813 + 5 = 18\newline66th term: 18+6=2418 + 6 = 24\newline77th term: 24+7=3124 + 7 = 31\newline88th term: 31+8=3931 + 8 = 39\newline99th term: 39+9=4839 + 9 = 48\newlineNow we have all nine terms: 4,6,9,13,18,24,31,39,484, 6, 9, 13, 18, 24, 31, 39, 48.
  4. Sum All Terms: Sum all the terms to find the total sum of the first 99 terms.\newlineSum = 4+6+9+13+18+24+31+39+484 + 6 + 9 + 13 + 18 + 24 + 31 + 39 + 48\newlineSum = 192192
  5. Round Sum: Round the sum to the nearest integer if necessary.\newlineThe sum is already an integer, so no rounding is necessary.

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