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Problem

For a finite sequence of numbers, the Cesáro sum of A is defined to be , where and . If the Cesáro sum of the 99-term sequence is 1000, what is the Cesáro sum of the 100-term sequence ?
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Solution
Let us define the Cesáro total of a particular sequence to be n * Cesáro sum. We can see that the Cesáro total is If we take this to be the Cesáro total for the second sequence, we can see that all the terms but the first term make up the first sequence. Since we know that the Cesáro total of the original sequence is than the Cesáro total of the second sequence is Thus the Cesáro sum of the second sequence is
Final answer
A