Find the value of :
$1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5 - 6 + 7 - 8 + 9 - 10 + 11 - 12 + 13 - 14 + 15$

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Solution

Arrange all positive and negative numbers as following:
$1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5 - 6 + 7 - 8 + 9 - 10 + 11 - 12 + 13 - 14 + 15 =$
$\Rightarrow$ $= 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 14$
$\Rightarrow$ $= 64 - 56$
$= 8$

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Prove that:
(i) $\frac{1}{3 + \sqrt{7}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{7} + \sqrt{5}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{5} + \sqrt{3}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{3} + 1} = 1$
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Re-arrange suitably and find the sum in each of the following :

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(ii) $\frac{- 6}{7} + \frac{- 5}{6} + \frac{- 4}{9} + \frac{- 15}{7}$

(iii) $\frac{3}{5} + \frac{7}{3} + \frac{9}{5} + \frac{- 13}{15} + \frac{- 7}{3}$

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(v) $\frac{2}{3} + \frac{- 4}{5} + \frac{1}{3} + \frac{2}{5}$

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Complete the table and find the solution to the equation $m - 7 = 3$ .

$m$	$5$	$6$	$7$	$8$	$9$	$10$	$11$	$12$	$13$	$14$	$15$
$m - 7$

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(i) $\frac{3}{7} \times (\frac{5}{6} + \frac{12}{13}) = (\frac{3}{7} \times \frac{5}{6}) + (\frac{3}{7} \times \frac{12}{13})$
(ii) $\frac{- 15}{4} \times (\frac{3}{7} + \frac{- 12}{5}) = (\frac{- 15}{4} \times \frac{3}{7}) + (\frac{- 15}{4} \times \frac{- 12}{5})$
(iii) $(\frac{- 8}{3} + \frac{- 13}{12}) \times \frac{5}{6} = (\frac{- 8}{3} \times \frac{5}{6}) + (\frac{- 13}{12} \times \frac{5}{6})$
(iv) $\frac{- 16}{7} \times (\frac{- 8}{9} + \frac{- 7}{6}) = (\frac{- 16}{7} \times \frac{- 8}{9}) + (\frac{- 16}{7} \times \frac{- 7}{6})$