Find the sum of all three-digit natural numbers that are not exactly divisible by 3, is the question.
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[Math] Find the sum of all three-digit natural numbers that are not exactly divisible by 3.
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An arithmetic progression is a sequence of number of the form $a,a+d,a+2d,a+3d,..,a+nd$, that is every two consecutive numbers differ by the same value called $d$.
The formula for the sum of the first $n$ terms of a progression starting at $a$ with common difference $d$ is $\frac{n}{2}[2a+(n-1)d]$.
To solve your problem we need to add all the numbers from 100 to 999 and then subtract the numbers that can be divided exactly by $3$.
The sum of the numbers is the sum of the first $900$ terms of a progression with $a=100$ and $d=1$, that is $\frac{900}{2}(200+899)=494550$
Now we need to calculate the sum of the first $\lceil{\frac{999-100}{3}\rceil=300}$ terms of the sequence with $a=102$ and $d=2$, that is $\frac{300}{2}(2(102)+3(299))=165150$, the result is then $494550-165150=329400$