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

Consider the sequence $t_1 = 1$, $t_2 = -1$ and $t_n = \left(\frac{n-3}{n-1}\right) t_{n-2}$ for $n \ge 3$. The, the value of the sum $\frac{1}{t_2} + \frac{1}{t_4} + \frac{1}{t_6} + \dots + \frac{1}{t_{2022}} + \frac{1}{t_{2024}}$ is

If the population of a town is $p$ in the beginning of any year then it becomes $3+2 p$ in the beginning of the next year. If the population in the beginning of $2019$ is $1000$ then the population in the beginning of $2034$ will be