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AIME 1985 Problem 5

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A sequence of integers a1,a2,a3,…a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots is chosen so that an=an−1−an−2a_n = a_{n - 1} - a_{n - 2} for each n≥3n \ge 3. What is the sum of the first 2001 terms of this sequence if the sum of the first 1492 terms is 1985, and the sum of the first 1985 terms is 1492?

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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