1968 AHSME Problems/Problem 27

Problem

Let $S_n=1-2+3-4+\cdots +(-1)^{n-1}n$ , where $n=1,2,\cdots$ . Then $S_{17}+S_{33}+S_{50}$ equals:

$\text{(A) } 0\quad \text{(B) } 1\quad \text{(C) } 2\quad \text{(D) } -1\quad \text{(E) } -2$

$\fbox{}$

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