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HMMT November 2020 U30

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Let a1,a2,a3,…a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \ldots be a sequence of positive real numbers that satisfies

∑n=k∞(nk)an=15k\sum_{n=k}^{\infty}\binom{n}{k} a_{n}=\frac{1}{5^{k}}

for all positive integers kk. The value of a1−a2+a3−a4+⋯a_{1}-a_{2}+a_{3}-a_{4}+\cdots can be expressed as ab\frac{a}{b}, where a,ba, b are relatively prime positive integers. Compute 100a+b100 a+b.

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