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Old 05-30-2005, 11:33 AM   #3
towerpumpkin
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For the first one, you know that the sum is 26. You also know that 25+(-25)=0, 24+(-24)=0 and so on. So that means that each of the negative numbers "cancels" out with the positive numbers. The sum of the integers from -25 to 25 is 0, so your set is from -25 to 26, which would be 52 integers.
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