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Students seem to struggle with Sigma notation, this is about the easiest question possible for sigma notation.

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The expression \\[\\sum_{i=\\var{c}}^{\\var{d}}i\\] is equivalent to which of the following?

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$\\var{c}+\\var{c+1}+\\var{c+2}+\\ldots+\\var{d-2}+\\var{d-1}+\\var{d}$

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$\\var{c}+\\var{d}$

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$\\var{d-c+1}i$

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Sigma notation is used to represent a sum.

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The sum $\\sum_{i=\\var{c}}^{\\var{d}}i$ is the sum of a bunch of terms of the form $i$. In this sum $i$ happens to be the index (or dummy variable) which starts at $i=\\var{c}$ and moves through all the integers until it ends with $i=\\var{d}$. That is, \\[\\sum_{i=\\var{c}}^{\\var{d}}i=\\var{c}+\\var{c+1}+\\var{c+2}+\\ldots+\\var{d-2}+\\var{d-1}+\\var{d}.\\]

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The following question is testing whether you understand the Sigma notation used in mathematics.

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