What is the sum of all odd positive integers that satisfy ?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D.
- Step 1: Factorise: , so .
- Step 2: The odd integers in this range are , with sum .
Answer
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Why not the others: , , and are not equal to ; for example wrongly includes , where .
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