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My answer is C.

Can anyone explain why the answer is E?

If we have treated these square bracket merely as square bracket then we, like most of others, will definitely get zero as sum. But these square brackets, in my view, then will be the notation for greatest integer function.
a1 = [-1] = 0
a2 = [1] = 1
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Therefore, answer will be 50 instead.
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GIF of [-1,0) will be -1. Ref. the graph of GIF.
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Hi Experts can you please check
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If you mean [] having any special meaning, then please do mention. Otherwise, it is normally prudent to anticipate it as brackets only.
Accordingly, OA will change.
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The \(n^{th}\) term of a sequence \(S\) is given by the following relationship; \(a_n\) = [ (-1)\(^n\) ]. What is the sum of the first hundred terms?

(A) - 50

(B) - 10

(C) 0

(D) 10

(E) 50
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The question seems to be missing the information about the square brackets. I hope they mention these things in the actual exam.

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