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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

Which terms must be removed from the sum if the sum of the remaining terms is to equal ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
We compute the entire sum as so the two terms to be removed must sum to . That is, for some . Since and are coprime, we deduce that is a multiple of , so or must be a multiple of . It follows that one of them must be , and we obtain so the two terms we must remove are .
Final answer
E