Evaluate Sum - Couldn't Arrive at Answer

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Good morning,

Can someone help me with solving this please?

Thank you in advance
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Couldn’t arrive to the answer
 

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PeroK said:
You'll need to show us what you've done so far. Can you break the problem down?
This is how far I went.
PeroK said:
You'll need to show us what you've done so far. Can you break the problem down?
I did not manage to break it down. The answer should be 483/200
 
martina1075 said:
This is how far I went.

I did not manage to break it down. The answer should be 483/200

We can't do your homework for you. If you really have no idea how to simplify the problem, then just add up. You've only nine terms to calculate and add together.

Doing that might give you some ideas of what you to do if ##k = 1## to ##100##, say.