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Revision as of 23:54, 9 November 2023

Problem

What is the value of \[2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 6^3 - 5^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3?\]

$\textbf{(A) } 2023 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2679 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2941 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 3159 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 3235$

Solution 1

To solve this problem, we will be using difference of cube, sum of squares and sum of arithmetic sequence formulas $2^3-1^3+4^3-3^3+6^3-5^3+...+18^3-17^3$

See also

2023 AMC 12A (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 11
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Problem 13
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