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Let tj denote the time that it took Tejay van Garteren to ride the jth stage of the Tour de France in 2014. If there were a total of 21 stages, interpret $\sum_{j=1}^{21} t_{j}$
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This is a summation notation, where $j$ is the index of summation. It starts from 1 and goes up to 21. The variable $t_{j}$ represents the time that Tejay van Garteren took to ride the $j$th stage of the Tour de France in 2014. Show more…
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