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    The document describes a problem where a bag contains wire squares of every integer size from 39 to 93. Squares with odd areas must be discarded. It asks (a) to calculate the total length of wire in the remaining squares without manual addition, and (b) to write pseudo code to solve the problem using variables and a loop. The solution calculates the sum of even integers from 40 to 92 as 1000 by representing it as the difference of two arithmetic series and printing the result of a while loop that adds every even integer within the given range to a running total variable.

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    The document describes a problem where a bag contains wire squares of every integer size from 39 to 93. Squares with odd areas must be discarded. It asks (a) to calculate the total length of wire in the remaining squares without manual addition, and (b) to write pseudo code to solve the problem using variables and a loop. The solution calculates the sum of even integers from 40 to 92 as 1000 by representing it as the difference of two arithmetic series and printing the result of a while loop that adds every even integer within the given range to a running total variable.

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    QUESTION 5

    You are given a bag filled with squares made out of wire. No two squares have the
    same size. The bag contains a
    single square of length equal to every possible integer between 39 and 93
    inclusive. You must discard from the bag
    only those squares that have an odd area.
    (a) Avoiding manual addition, what the the total length of wire used to make all
    the remaining squares in the bag?
    (b) Write a pseudo code algorithm entitled SUM_SQUARES that solves this problem
    using variables and a loop.

    BRAINSTORMING
    Every possible integer between 39 and 93 inclusive which would be X = 39 + 40 +
    41...+ 92 + 93
    That is until all squares that have an odd area are discarded which would be X = 40
    + 42 + 44...+ 90 + 92

    SOLUTION
    a) Let X be the sum of all integers
    X = 40 + 42 + 44...+ 90 + 92
    X = 2(20 + 21 + 22...+ 45 + 46)
    X = 2[(1 + 2 + 3...+ 45 + 46)-(1 + 2 + 3...+ 18 + 19)]
    X = 2[S(46) - S(19)]
    X = 2[S(46) - S(19)] = 2[46 x 47/2 - 19 x 20/2] = 2[23 x 47 - 19 x 10]
    X = 2[23 x (30 + 17) - (20 - 1) x 10]
    X = 2[690 - 190] = 2[500] = 1000

    b) SUM_SQUARES
    BEGIN

    i <- 40
    sum <- 0

    WHILE i <= 92 :
    IF i MOD 2 == 0 THEN
    sum = sum + 2
    ENDIF
    i = i + 2
    ENDWHILE

    PRINT "Sum of all even integers from 40 to 92 inclusive: ", sum, sep=''

    END

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