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[hide]Problem
A sequence is defined as follows and, for all positive integers Given that and find the remainder when is divided by 1000.
Solution
Define the sum as . Since , the sum will be:
&= a_{28} + \left(\sum^{30}_{k=4} a_{k} - \sum^{29}_{k=3} a_{k}\right) - \left(\sum^{28}_{k=2} a_{k}\right)\ &= a_{28} + (a_{30} - a_{3}) - \left(\sum^{28}_{k=2} a_{k}\right) = a_{28} + a_{30} - a_{3} - (s - a_{1})\ &= -s + a_{28} + a_{30}
\end{align*}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)Thus , and are both given; the last four digits of their sum is , and half of that is . Therefore, the answer is .
Solution 2
Brute Force. - not that difficult in this case because you only need to keep track of the last 3 digits.
See also
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