#include // Find the difference between (1+2+3+...+100)^2 and (1^2+2^2+3^2+...+100^2) // I used another math trick here: // The sum up to a number can be found using Gauss' Trick: // 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 10 -> (1+9) + (2+8) + (3+7) + (4+6) + 10 + 5 -> 5*10 +5 // In general : (n/2)(n+1) int main() { long sqsum = 50 * 101; sqsum *=sqsum; printf("The square of the sum is: %lu\n", sqsum); long sumsq = 0; for(long i = 1; i <= 100; i++) { sumsq += i * i; } printf("The sum of the squares is: %lu\n", sumsq); printf("Difference: %lu\n", sqsum - sumsq); return 0; }