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The average of a non-decreasing sequence of $N$ numbers $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{N}$ is $300$. If $a_{1}$ is replaced by $6 a_{1}$, the new average becomes $400$. Then, the number of possible values of $a_{1}$ is

If $x_1 = -1$ and $x_m = x_{m+1} + (m + 1)$ for every positive integer $m,$ then $x_{100}$ equals

Let $a_1, a_2, ...$ be integers such that $a_1 - a_2 + a_3 - a_4 + ... + (-1)^{n - 1} a_n = n$, for all $n \ge 1$. Then $a_{51} + a_{52} + ... + a_{1023}$ equals